Mother's day cake

Our son came home yesterday with a surprise. We haven't seen him for six weeks, not since the Movement Control Order started on 18 Mar. But since the restriction order has been kind of relaxed and Penang has since been declared a green state, the road blocks on the approaches to the Penang Bridge have been removed. Life is almost back to a New Normal. So he came home and surprised my wife with a cake for Mother's Day.

Only problem was that I was a bit puzzled by the cake box. This, definitely wasn't a full, round cake. And when we finally flipped open the box cover, my suspicion was confirmed. It was only a wedge, many one of 12 pieces cut from a whole cake. How much is it, I tried to ask my son casually. RM45, he said. Forty-five ringgit? I couldn't believe my ears. Yes, RM45, but it is very rich and three or four persons can eat it.

So I took a closer look at the cake and the box. Well, for one thing, the cake had come from a shop known as Moody Cow. I've heard of it but had never bothered to find out more. Moody Cow, according to my son, is located in Transfer Road and they specialise in baking new combinations of cake.

This one, in particular, blew me away. On a thin layer of chocolate cake at the bottom, there was a thick layer of durian cheese cake, a thin layer of durian followed by another thick layer of the cheese cake. And on top, the orange layer was the big surprise: salted egg cake with chunks of salted egg hidden within. The first mouthful blew my senses away. A complete titillation of the senses. I think for RM45, it was well worth the experience.