I. Keki ya Bibi (Bibi’s Cake)
1 cup sugar
1 cup margarine/butter (if you have access to it)
3 eggs
2 cups baking flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup water/milk (if you have access to it)
for flavour, lemon zest/ vanilla (if you have access to it)
II. A cake that never spoils: Bibi Mkunde
Chukua kiasi kikubwa cha ‘Uchangamfu’, changanya kwenye bakuli lililojaa “Ukarimu”. Ongezea kwenye bakuli hilo ‘Wema’, changanya na kijiko cha ‘Huruma’, kisha koroga vyote kwa pamoja na baadae chuja ili kuondoa taka taka zote za ‘Ubinafsi’. Weka kiungo kiitwacho ‘Upendo’ kisha oka kwenye jiko lenye joto la ‘Sala’, kisha pakua ingali moto, na iweke kwenye chombo chenye matundu ili kuwezesha mvuke kupenya na kusambaza harufu ya ‘Upendo’.
[Take a large amount of ‘Charm’ and mix it in a bowl full of ‘Generosity.’ Add both to a bowl with ‘Kindness’ and whisk them together using the ‘Empathy’ spoon. Whisk everything well, and run the mix through a sift in order to remove the waste of ‘Selfishness’. Add an ingredient called ‘Love’ and then bake the cake on a stove heated with ‘Prayer’. Once cooked, take it out of the stove whilst still hot, and place it on a ventilated container to allow steam to penetrate and spread the smell of ‘Love’]
Pandemic Musings:
The cake that never spoils: A recipe for coming together
Sound, text, (Zoom) performance, 2021