Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Torta al cioccolato (tore-ta – Al – chalk-co-la-toe) - Chocolate Cake

            …today I ate the best chocolate cake ive ever had….oh my goodness, I never wanted that one piece of cake to end!....Eli’s friend, Simona, made for dessert after tonight’s dinner and I was in heaven….      
….but before I get to that….the rest of my day, honestly, wasn’t too terribly exciting….woke up early and was off to the kindergarten….worked on a presentation about a lesson, for the American teacher, Donna, who we are the interns for….and then it was home to workout, shower and then met up with my friend Olivia to make the last few decisions and plans for London….we leave Thursday night and I can hardly believe it!!!....I am so freaking excited!!....
…tonight was a dinner that Eliana has been planning for a bit…..Simone is out of town, actually in Chicago, for business all week….so needless to say, Eli wasted no time planning a dinner with her closest girlfriends….she asked if I would like to come and of course I said yes….honestly this is one of my favorite parts of the homestay situation…..getting to make “family friends”…I mean I also adore my extended family that I have as well….but its really cool to continue seeing the same friends over and over….tonight there were 3 friends that I had already met, and 3 that I hadn’t…..it was very fun…a couple were also pregnant (which was adorable)….and I got to be there when Eli told her big news that she is also J….a couple friends knew already but most of them did not, so that was very cool to be a part of…

…dinner was delish….eliana made pizza (I absolutely love her pizza because she makes the crust thicker than normal Italian pizza crust…she even made me one with sauce and pesto on it J I think she likes me J)….she literally made 6 pizzas for 8 women….we had pizza for days….but regardless it was so so so delicious….we would eat a pizza, then relax and wait for the next one to finish cooking….over and over and over….until finally we had all had enough pizza and after some more relaxing following the last pizza….i saw a chocolate cake find its way onto the table….
            …this literally was the most beautiful cake….homemade….totally from scratch….and oh my goodness, I want to eat this cake for the rest of my life…it was thick but yet not really heavy…sooooo creamy….soo rich but not too sweet….perfect amount of frosting…..oh man alive I am REALLY hoping those left overs stay here J….

            ….dinner went on for a good three hours, and actually is still going on from the sounds of it….after 2 and a half hours, my head was pounding from trying to translate and do it fast enough to keep up with the conversation of 7 women….and I was already exhausted, so that just made the translating more difficult…..so I bowed out, thanked them for dinner, and am now heading to bed….tomorrow is a long day of classes, but at least we have cuisine tomorrow!!! J until then J….buona notte J

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