Comments on: Hummingbird Cake and…The Mothers’ Group

By: Sonia @ Life Love and Hiccups

Sonia @ Life Love and Hiccups — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:50:13 +0000

No I never got into the Mothers Group thing. I was too shy really, which was a shame as I was one of the first of my friends to have a baby and it was quite a lonely time. That being said by number 2 and 3 I was in good company. I do have regrets when I hear woman talk about the great time they had at Mothers Group. Maybe I should have one more then 🙂 xx

By: Nuts about food

Nuts about food — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:07:03 +0000

I really enjoyed this post, was glued to it till the end, curious to see what was going to happen. When my first child was born, a special project funded by the Municipality was launched in the various local vaccination offices spread around town. It was a group for new mothers, a place they could meet and talk and receive help and guidance from psychologists and pediatricians. I went, like most of the other moms, more to get out of the house and meet girls in my situation than for advice, although they were very helpful when I had any questions. We all came to look forward to those two hours a week and stayed on until the children turned one or we went back to work. At that point it would have been someone else’s turn to take our places, but unfortunately there were no more funds and the program was cancelled. We battled long and hard to keep this project alive but unfortunately the city had limited funds and it was cancelled forever. My daughter grew up with these boys and girls (since we all live in the same general neighborhood) and they have been friends since day one. All us parents also became friends and just this Saturday a whole bunch of us had a picnic at the park to celebrate the first spring weather. I am good friends with many of these women and they have changed my life.

By: ck

ck — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:45:52 +0000

The cake looks beautiful – great photos too. The woman sounds like a pretentious pain in the bum. Shame you didn’t all tell her to kick rocks and do what you wanted. Feel sorry for the poor fellow she was married to.

By: InTolerant Chef

InTolerant Chef — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:39:01 +0000

Always one of my favourites, such a great flavour mix Yumm…
We had one of those types of mums at our group to! All full of her investments and designer clothes. My revenge was that my daughter did everything ‘first’, sitting, teething, crawling… It drove her wild!

By: hotlyspiced

hotlyspiced — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:10:18 +0000

I’m very haphazard with my cooking and tend to go through phases. A while ago it was Thai and before that it was recipes from the Titanic and yep, at the moment it seems to be baking. xx

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:50:56 +0000

Well, doesn’t she (Te-RAISE!) sound like an absolute charmer. People like that are so annoying – they just live in their own little world.

Are you on a cake-making spree at the moment Charlie? Two fabulous cakes in two posts? I’d love to be living in your house!

By: Gretchen O'Donnell

Gretchen O'Donnell — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:23:18 +0000

So pretty and looks delicious! I’ve never made Humingbird cake, but I’ve wanted to so I really must try this. Thanks for the good recipe! And as for your experience with the Mother’s Group, UGH!!! What a drag that she was so bossy and totally didn’t comprehend normal people. As if you wanted to hear all about her within the first minute! I’ve had some great Mother’s Group experiences. I’m glad that you at least made some friends through it!!

By: Deeps @ Naughty Curry

Deeps @ Naughty Curry — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:22:01 +0000

the hummingbird cake looks scrumptuous… esp love the almonds & pineapple in it. reading the writeup i kept wondering why the rest of u dint boycot her & her plans & meet up seperately for a second mother’s group, im sure that would have worked out wonderfully. anyways, hope u had a better mothers group wth ur next kid 🙂

By: Barb Bamber

Barb Bamber — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:20:37 +0000

I was also working and didn’t have a mother’s group of any kind. The year I retired a former student’s mom kindly invited me to their weekly coffee. If it weren’t for her I wouldn’t know any of the mothers in our neighborhood… thank goodness she was kind-hearted, we’ve been friends for years! This is just the prettiest cake for a mother’s get-together or any get-together for that matter. I love how feminine and delicate it looks and the pineapple would make it so moist!

By: Bongo

Bongo — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:12:13 +0000

I was too busy working to go to a mother’s group and didn’t know of any anyway – but we did go to classes to learn how to breathe and stuff while I was pregnant and became good friends with a couple we met there. Our son and their daughter became good friends until the other family moved away. The cake looks yummy.