Baking Coconut Cake

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Welcome to our little virtual corner! I’m a single mother raising my wonderful son, Ruben, who has grown into a remarkable teenager. For years, I was the sole breadwinner as a Krav Maga instructor, balancing the challenges of parenthood and work on my own.

When Ruben started kindergarten, I embarked on a new journey by studying healthcare management at Semmelweis University, specializing in health tourism management. After graduating, I began working in my field and experienced firsthand the tragic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while serving as a healthcare manager in a state hospital.

As the pandemic subsided, I transitioned into private healthcare, where I currently work as a practice manager. Meanwhile, our family moved from a small town to Vác, a charming historic Danube riverside city near Budapest.

Here, we embrace the everyday moments and joys of life together. If you want to hear more stories about us, you’re warmly invited to visit the original Daysonpaper blog at S&Ru’s Diary on daysonpaper.blog.hu.

So I decided to try living for a year on an international stage and see if there are other mothers in similar shoes for whom this diary could be a support on the harder days—just as it has been a support for me when I was able to look beyond the difficulties and sincerely believe in my own strength.

Thank you for stopping by!

For days now, we’ve been eagerly waiting for the weekend when we could finally start baking a coconut birthday cake for a dear friend with our golden-haired little helper! The idea for the cake’s flavor came from the latest episode of Dora and Friends, where the characters were chasing after coconuts and getting into all sorts of adventures—perfect inspiration for the cake.

Ruben had never actually eaten real coconut before, so on Friday we went to get one (in this small countryside town, I found coconut only in one single place!) and got started on processing it:

We didn’t follow this exact recipe, but I wish we had, because I wasn’t entirely satisfied with our cream. This ~80-year-old snowball cake recipe, inherited from my grandmother, would never let me down. And, in fact, this coconut cake is like a gigantic snowball cake! It was one of my grandmother’s favorite desserts, and she made it with unparalleled patience, skill, and a heart full of love.