Hi Manar,

The stuffed cabbage you describe sounds delicious. We have many regional rice preparations here in the States that I greatly enjoy- and our diets are inspired by many Latin and Asian rice dishes as well. In fact I am eating such a dish with ground beef, chicken, tomatoes, peppers and onions for my supper tonight!

We gluttonous, sweets-inspired Americans have bountiful opportunity to cure our craving for cakes and pastry here. One need not go far to find a home cook or a shop or bakery that has delicious simple or extravegant desserts. In our grocery stores we even have very inexpensive, easy, and satisfying boxed cake-mixes that have pre-measured ingredients that one simply adds water, eggs and oil to for mixing and baking. And we have pre-made, ready-to-use frostings to spread on them as well in flavors ranging from chocolate & vanilla, to lemon & cherry.

What cakes do you most enjoy?- or think you would most like to experience? Like many, I fancy myself a good baker and a fine cake maker- there are many skills in life I lack, but making cakes is one I'm proud to have! And as a big man who casts an ample shadow- I enjoy eating cakes as much as I do making them!

My current avatar is a shot of my sister and her children enjoying a "German Chocolate Cake", which is baked chocolate layers stacked and filled with a caramel frosting with coconut & pecans. Then the whole thing is wrapped in yet another layer of chocolate- and garnished with yellow sugared marigold-flowers from the garden. I will share more photos in the coming days! We also have many others here who like to bake and who make delicious cakes!

Please continue to share more about the foods from your region. In case you do not know this, we Americans are fascinated with Egypt, and any enlightenment you can share we would welcome and value! -kevin (chubbyalaskagriz)

I'm actually familiar with all the American cakes ...what would i do without the internet?

I really like a classic white cake with old fashioned frosting on top, or any other kind for that matter. I'm not picky as long as the texture and taste is good I'll eat any cake.

As far as Egypt goes. You need to come live here for a few weeks and I think you'll change your mind, It's not that great.
Some things you can't find here, good cooking chocolate is one of them which is why It's so hard to make chocolate desserts unless they have cocoa in them because it is truly the most disgusting taste and iI have actually tried all brands available, I'm still trying to figure out what to do about it. Some recipes i use the substitution with cocoa and shortening but i can't always do that.

The filling of the cabbage leaf recipe is exactly like the grape leaves one but i like the cabbage one more than the grape leaves.

I'm currently obsessed with dutch cookies and pastries. My mother went to Holland a while back and brought back all kinds of things and i just have to make them myself to have them available all year round.

Hi, Manar!

Welcome to the forum! I've just joined myself.

Hi Manar,

:(Sorry to hear about Egypt not being that great! I am wondering couldn't you order your chocolate on-line, or thru mail order, or some such venue?

I bet the things your Mom brought back were terrific! Dutch chocolate is very good, was your Mom able to get you some while she was in Holland?

It is so funny we in America seem to not realize just how good we have it, maybe you posting your complaints with Egypt will make us really be grateful for all we do have here.

I wish you could come to America and attend one of our Culinary Institutes, I imagine you would love it, and never want to leave:)!

Try looking into on-line purchases for some of those hard to find items you need, and best of luck.

Cathy

Hey, Big Daddy,

Did I miss something? Or is my mind melting down?

Says you've made six posts. All I've seen is two. Hmmmmmm?

How about introducing yourself? Or is that one of the things I missed?

At any rate, a belated (apparently) welcome.