For Mother’s Day our daughter baked me a Swedish tea ring. It is a yeast coffee cake filled with almond paste, almonds, and raisins. It is reminiscent of a coffee cake we used to buy from the bread man when I was a kid. Back in the day we had a milkman, a bread man, cleaners and laundry, who stopped at our house with their wares or to pick up or deliver stuff. Anyway I loved this coffee cake and on special occasions such as Mother’s Day I get to choose the coffee cake or pretzel rolls or cookies and she makes them from scratch for me.

Later in the day our son invited us to his house where he made a steak dinner which also included twice baked potatoes, sautéed Brussels sprouts, creamed kale, and homemade sourdough bread. Plus I got lots of cards from John, my kids, and grandkids. What a sweet family I have!