"earlier than 0500am", - you ask?
"YES", - I will reply
I arrived at her residence at 0610am
She met me in the street outside her house and hugged me straight away - it was our first meeting!!! - I forgot how some Russians are - I felt so much warmth, so much "at home" and so I did not want to leave her place that smelled deliciously yummy on vanilla, caramel and freshly baked dough...
She prepared the forms of pastry and the bases were already in the boxes - they just needed to be filled up and ice-sugared and she did it right in front of me.. we chatted like good old friends - with some people it is like this - they know all about you in the first 5 min of your talk - no introduction was required...
her house was just waking up: a ginger four year old cat called Freddy (Fedya) and a boy Dan (Tosha) who both woke up yawning :)
my order was all packed...
last question I was asked:
"should I sticky tape your boxes or should I sticky tape your mouth?"
" hahhahha,no need for any, Oksana Newton, as I am not the one to eat them no matter what you sticky-tape... I tried them all before - such pretty memories - even when I was a student and just a couple of weeks ago..."
my 24 mini cakes- $36 plus I got much more in extras (rejected by the professional baker / confectioner)
photos will come up soon...
OKSANA, NO WORDS - I do not know what to admire more - Your personality or your cakes now :) - I can admire both without "more" though...
the joke was actually said before I drove to your house: "Natasha, is Oksana's husband's name Isaak and does she have an apple tree?"
mini cakes by Oksana Newton - done FRESH DELICIOUS by PROFESSIONAL CONFECTIONER with years of experience right up to your high European standards! <3
shall I say more? NO
but I still will:
...they are creamy and the cream is soooooooo right - not too sweet, not too creamy, it is light and airy, TASTY / delicious to the point when your mouth says: 'bloody hell,what did you feed me with in the last years and years full of beetroot, noodles and cauliflower? I really deserved something divine like this!'
the dough is the lightest you can imagine - it melts in your mouth and is not felt at all (dangerous but true)
the jam inside the baskets under the cream is sour-sweet and located in the best possible place - where you do not expect to be a jam there is a jam but it says "hello" to your taste buds in the most polite way - delicately and gracefully, not overwhelming the taste of the whole cake! "
shall I comment on the peanut mini cake? ok.... crumbly and so fresh - again... I would not comment more - it requires to be tried
caramel nuts - honestly I have not tried them - but I will ask Alex tonight...
that's it folks!
NOW: wipe off your dripping saliva , PM Oskana and order - she only makes the cakes for personal use - no shops please :) she does not need advertising - I only do it because I liked her and what she does with all her heart... BEST!
I am coming back - I swear I forgot to photograph the ginger cat - NOTHING ELSE FOR!!