Making this cake was a time for me to go back in time.

I was twenty-something years old, and it was the summer of 1990.  It was my first trip to Europe and my first trip to Italy.  I was going to finally meet my extended Italian family -  Great aunts, uncles, cousins, my grandparent’s siblings both set of grandparents had over 10 brothers and sisters, so it was a very, long visiting trip.

It was an exciting time for my twenty-year old self.