tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post8105715508236072950..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Guava Cake MemoriesContributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-41436967646510664602014-05-09T13:28:24.312-06:002014-05-09T13:28:24.312-06:00Ann Hagman! This piece about guava cake is one of...Ann Hagman! This piece about guava cake is one of the most beautifully written little pieices about anything, that I have ever read. I hate you, Ann Hagman Cardinal! But, really you know that is the best compliment you can get from one New York woman to another.<br />Peace out!<br />DahliaDahliamometh@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-65997418015110936002008-08-03T08:09:00.000-06:002008-08-03T08:09:00.000-06:00Alligator Bread and Angel Food Cake compete in my ...Alligator Bread and Angel Food Cake compete in my memories. Up in Carmel California, Hector De Smet's bakery was a mandatory stop when taking family vacations. Angel Food cake was my birthday preference. The alligator was a french loaf shaped like a gator, the crust cross-hatched and shiny from egg white. A marzipan frog propped open the gator's jaws. When I was in AIT at Ft. Ord, my wife & I continued the tradition of Sunday alligator bread from Hector De Smet's. One birthday/vacation my mom packed an angel food cake. It had grown hard during the trip, still, it was the most delicious birthday treat of my life, crunched on sitting in the shade of Big Creek Bridge alongside the surf of Highway 1.<BR/><BR/>A couple years ago, my wife and I take a sentimental journey to Monterey and the site of Ft. Ord, now a university campus. We locate the last Hector De Smet's still open, a stone's throw from our hotel near the aquarium. We draw a blank look from the clerk when we ask if she has alligator bread.<BR/><BR/>It's all a ni modo now and past tense. I've become gluten intolerant and consume neither bread nor cake. But I know what you mean about that cake de guayaba. Mmmm, i can taste the guyaba crunch now.msedanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527530005391318421noreply@blogger.com