This Cedric Grolet, I heard he make good cake, huh? They say he the best cake maker in Paris. Paris, that a big city, far far away. He work for some fancy place, Le Meurice, fancy name for fancy cake, I guess. I don’t know much about fancy, I just know good cake when I eat it.
They say he start young, this Cedric Grolet. When he just a little boy, 12 or 13, he already messing around in the kitchen. Not my kitchen, some hotel kitchen. His family own a hotel. Big hotel, I bet. Not like my little house. They say he make all kind of pastry, even when he just a boy. He even go to some special school for it. Pastry school, imagine that!
They say his cake look like fruit. Like, he make a cake look like a lemon. Or an apple. How he do that? Must be magic. I seen a picture of one of his cakes, it look just like a real lemon. I wouldn’t know it a cake if they didn’t tell me.
Cedric Grolet Wife
Now, about this Cedric Grolet wife, who is she? I don’t know! People talk, they say he might have a wife, might not. Maybe she a baker, too. Maybe she help him make all them fancy cakes. Or maybe she do something else. Don’t matter much to me. I just care about the cake.
They got all these fancy names for his cakes. One called “VEGAN MANGO“. What that even mean, vegan? No eggs? No milk? How you make a cake without eggs and milk? Must be some city thing. They say it got mango in it. Mango, that a fruit, right? I like mango. Sweet and juicy.
Then there this other one, “COCONUT FLOWER“. What a name! Sound like something you put in your hair. They say it got coconut in it, lots of coconut. Coconut in the dough, coconut in the filling, coconut everywhere. I guess if you like coconut, you like this cake.
- Cedric Grolet, he a big deal, I guess.
- Make fancy cake.
- His cake look like fruit.
- He start baking when he was just a boy.
- Cedric Grolet wife, who knows?
More About Cakes
I remember my mama, she make good cake. Not fancy like this Cedric man, but good. She make a chocolate cake, so rich, so dark. She use real chocolate, not that powder stuff. And she put a lot of butter in it. Butter make everything better.
And she make a good apple cake, too. She use apple from our tree. Not like them store-bought apple, these got real flavor. She put cinnamon in it, and nutmeg. Smell up the whole house when she baking.
This Cedric Grolet, he probably never had a cake like my mama’s. His cake all fancy, with fancy name and fancy ingredient. But my mama’s cake, that cake made with love. You can taste the love in every bite.
Cedric Grolet, Big Shot Baker
They say this Cedric, he win all kind of award. For his cake, can you believe it? They give award for cake now. Back in my day, we just eat the cake, we didn’t give it no award.
He got this National Trophy for Sugar Art. What that even mean? He make art out of sugar? Like he make a sugar sculpture or something? I don’t know. Sound silly to me. But I guess people like it.
He all over the place, this Cedric. On the TV, in the magazine, on the internet. Everyone talking about his cake. Cedric Grolet wife must be proud. Or maybe she tired of hearing about cake all the time.
- He win award for his cake.
- National Trophy for Sugar Art, whatever that is.
- He famous, I guess.
- Everyone talk about his cake.
This Cedric Grolet make a lot of different cake. Too many to count. And they all look so pretty. Like little work of art. I don’t know if I could even eat them, they look so nice. Maybe I just stare at them for a while.
But then again, cake is for eating, right? Even if it pretty. And I bet his cake taste good. Even if it all fancy and expensive. A good cake is a good cake, no matter what. Maybe one day I try one of his cake. If I ever go to Paris, that is.
But for now, I stick to my mama’s cake. Simple, but good. Just like me.
