Yam Fudge Cake on Chap Goh Meh

We went for a big family dinner tonight at the Sarawak Club for Chap Goh Meh. Nee made this cake & brought it over.

It's a Yam Fudge Cake which has very rich creamy yam fudge layered with moist yam sponge. It's one of those soothing & easy to take, all time favourite kinda cake.

NEE: As this was a last minute thing, I decided to go for real roses for decoration rather than full cream or fruits. I was looking for white roses which goes well with purple and the florist had these creamish ones instead. It goes well I guess with a sweet, weddingy effect.

It's definitely a cake for the uncle & auntie generation who grew up with Kenny Rogers, Jim Reeves, Elvis Presley, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Donny & Marie, & Anne Murray. And it really went down well with them tonite.

However, it wasn't such a hit with the under 30-year-old cousins. This is the Britney Spears' bunch. They drink Starbucks & Coffee Bean, & go for cheesecakes.

We realised that there is always a sentimental attachment to a type of cake that is hot during their time, and that stays with them. And it is pretty hard for it to cross over to another generation younger than them.

We hypothised that the trend must have started off with local egg rolls, traditional kuih, pandan kaya yam sponges, fresh cream cakes, and now rich cheese & chocolate cakes, and probably going into French gateaus, mousses & petite fours in the younger generation to come. We'd never thought so much of the link between cakes & generation gaps, but it is interesting to realise that it's there. Good God, Nee is already spoiling little kids with expensive Dark Belgium chocolates in her cakes, setting the next trend to come.

But for now, let's just eat & enjoy the family reunion. Happy Chap Goh Meh to all readers of Greg & Nee!