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My friends Soheil and Sara got married few months back. They had a very beautiful vedic ceremony in the Hare Krsna Temple of Malaga (click here for the report). They were going to make another ceremony for the rest of the family and friends who weren’t able to attend the first one so they asked me to prepare the cake… I’m not a “cake maker” but I wanted to please them and also help in the Holly mission of prasadam distribution (food offered to Krsna) so I accepted the challenge.

I had to decide which kind of cake would be the best for such an special occasion. I took advantage of the mango season and I chose a Mango and Saffron cake. I got all the ingredients (very basic ingredients cause there is not much variety in Spain for cake making) and I made my planning.

One day before the wedding I woke up full of enthusiasm, I took a strong breakfast to get ready for a long day of work and I went to the temple. I was supposed to bake the cake there but when I arrived…you won’t believe me… there was NO KITCHEN!. They were making a very nice new kitchen for the pleasure of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. In one hand it was a good new but… where could I make the cake then??? My first though was “This is very auspicious. Krsna always arranges whatever is the best, so I must surrender…”

I called Soheil and gave him the new… He told me they had arranged a temporary kitchen outside the temple. It was right there but I didn’t realize that that was the “new” kitchen”…

…so I made the cake here

At the end everything went well. I was all alone, just hearing lectures and concentrating in my work… There was a very sweet atmosphere that reminded me to India.

I made a couple like this and then somebody came to pick the cake up to bring it to the restaurant where I would build it up.

Then I arrived to the second new kitchen of the day. This one was also ok, but not that sweet

I made the mango filling and the vanilla buttercream…

And then I started to build the cake…first the mango cream filling…

Then the buttercream…

…and after this it was very late (23:30) and the cake needed refrigeration so I decided to come back the next day.

15th of September…my brother’s birthday, Haribol!!! I wanted to make a big feast for him but I had to finish the cake so I told him at least he would have a very big cake for his birthday
I came back and the buttercream was perfect so I whipped the cream and covered the cake with it… I enjoyed this step very much

…and then I made the decoration. I needed more flowers, more yellow buttercream and more time (I had enough raspberries) but I managed with whatever was there and this was the result…an Avadhuta Mango and Saffron Wedding Cake, only for Krsna’s pleasure.

I got the good fortune of helping the bride on her dressing, flower decoration and gopi dots painting. She was gorgeous!!!

Then the East meets West ceremony took place. Sara’s sister band played a song in between the poetical ceremony and there were even fireworks!!!… you can see Eze filming the event…

After that we took dinner; one of the plates was arranged by Uttara Mataji and Jagannath Nrisimha Prabhu. Here she is…

There was also a flamenco show and a concert and fiiinaaally they called the bride and the groom to cut the cake.

Here they are, with their Laxmi garlands very happily.

By Krsna’s grace, it was very tasty and everybody was very satisfied.

As I said, I’m not a “cake maker” but I did it with all my love and by Radharani’s mercy I was able to please the devotees, those who already are and those who will become.

Cooking for Krsna is transcendental. It’s such a simple thing but it brings full satisfaction to my heart.

Thank you Soheil and Sara for giving us a chance to serve you.

ys, Sol

Sri Bhagavat-prasada ki jaya!

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