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[sound of running water]
- All right, cake time.
Three and a quarter cups.
This is my mother's famous rum cake.
The memory is one of me being a young kid,
getting to stay up
cuz my parents were throwing one of their famous house party.
Just to help the flavor along, you know.
Eating this, my mom's famous rum cake
on the stairs and watching the grown folks dance.
People would get dressed up and they danced.
They played cards.
We don't have parties like that anymore, you know.
[tap, tap, tap]
This smells good.
It's a happy smell.
Rum and butter, no problem.
What I want to recreate is just that feeling of,
through deliciousness and welcomeness,
the food ways and the musical traditions.
They share the same space.
They influence one another, I think.
Bye mama. We'll see you in 45.
Just a little more butter.
I see this in Wisconsin too.
I go to "Cheese Days," you know.
And "Cheese Days" isn't "Cheese Days" without polka.
[chuckles]
It is a grown-up cake.
And that's probably part of why
it felt so special to have it when I was a kid.
It looks pretty good.
Mmm hmmm.
[chuckles]
Yup, that's just fine.
That little bit of extra rum definitely helped.