Homemade Mona
>> Saturday, 7 April 2012
Mona: [Catalan word first documented in 1507 — not to be confused with Monna Lisa, where 'Monna' is a common contraction of the Italian madonna (lady), nor with the Catalan word of identical spelling meaning 'monkey' (from which it follows that in Catalan 'Monna Lisa' may sound like 'Monkey Lisa')] from the Latin mŭnda, neuter plural of mŭndum, 'decorated basket full of items (especially cakes) offered in April to Ceres [in Roman mythology, the goddess of agriculture, crops and fertility].'
Meaning: Cake usually decorated with hard boiled eggs or chocolate eggs, eaten by Easter (whence follows that in Catalan 'Monna Lisa' may sound as well like 'Easter Cake Lisa'), although these chocolate eggs may actually be eaten before Easter, at least at my home, thus the lack of chocolate in my mother's mona, above.
Meaning: Cake usually decorated with hard boiled eggs or chocolate eggs, eaten by Easter (whence follows that in Catalan 'Monna Lisa' may sound as well like 'Easter Cake Lisa'), although these chocolate eggs may actually be eaten before Easter, at least at my home, thus the lack of chocolate in my mother's mona, above.
Source: Enciclopèdia Catalana, with last-minute amendments by myself.
Happy Easter.
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6 comments:
That cake looks delicious!
even without the chocolate it's a very pretty cake. Looks good too
Now that looks scrumptious.
Every time I click onto your blog I see that cake and I drool...
Ann, Jo: thank you for your comments, the cake was good indeed. Grace: LOL!
ahm..it looks delicious with all the nuts?..do u have a recipe for that?
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