by bulbulart | May 9, 2018 | Blog
During a visit to Gertrude in January 2011 we asked her what sort of cake she’d like to celebrate her 100th birthday (15 June 2011) – perhaps a lovely rich fruit cake? “Fruit cake?” she scoffed, “topfenstrudel!” she asserted with a far-away look in her eyes. We could... by bulbulart | May 9, 2018 | Blog
Here’s the story behind Gertrude Sinha Hirsch’s wish for a 100th birthday cake: a topfen strudel that she remembered fondly from her childhood in Vienna. Gertrude lived in India for 75 years with her Indian artist husband Kiron Sinha. Gertrude’s closest family teamed...