I needed a break after all the work to get my house ready for the market. A former neighbor, who lives on the coast, invited me to spend the weekend. We had a blast. It was such a wonderful diversion from my life of late. We slept in both days, ate plenty of {fresh} seafood . . . . mmmm, had pedicures {I chose the reddest nail polish I've ever had!}, walked on the beach, visited South Port, a quaint seaside community complete with many antique stores, talked way into the nights and also did some smocking on a christening gown she's making. It was all so good.
My friend is an expert at making limoncello, the Italian lemon liqueur. OMG! It's like liquid gold! Served icy cold, you've never tasted anything so smooth, and one feels it warming your throat as it trickles down. We not only imbibed some one night {2 glasses each, but teeny glasses}, but she GAVE me a bottle to bring home.
As an aside, my first introduction to limoncello was a restaurant so named, in my home town of Cape Town - it stands out with its bright yellow exterior. Shannon lived up the hill from there for a while, and we had a memorable dinner there one night, but we drank cinzano and vermouth instead!
Needing to make a work colleague a birthday cake when I got in last night, I got this bee in my bonnet wondering what a limoncello cake would taste like. So I added limoncello instead of vanilla, and lemon rind and lemon juice too. Confession here: I used a bought cake mix and doctored it up. Then I made a buttercream frosting with butter, flavored with, yes, limoncello, and swirled it onto the layers...Mwah! It was good, and a hit at work today too!
