4 Sweet gifts for Father’s Day

Mugs with his name, hand-painted T-shirts, photos in macaroni frames, fingerprints on clay plates… If you have already made all the possible gifts and you don’t know how to pay tribute to your father, we propose a different and very tasty gift: some great and delicious handmade sweets.

4 Sweet delicacies for Father’s Day

1.- Brown Glacé

These chocolates made with glazed chestnuts are one of the most appreciated sweets by sugar gourmets.

Its laborious elaboration makes it an expensive bonbon and, therefore, only suitable for very special occasions. In Spain we can taste it since relatively recently, since its origin is located in southern France and northern Italy, and it was not until a few decades ago that we began to import it to our country.

Its recipe was jealously guarded by French monks in the Middle Ages, but centuries later a royal chef rescued the recipe, improving it to offer his French king the best chestnut bonbon ever tasted.

Currently there are several factories of marron glacé in our country. At Casa Mira we make them handmade and wrap them one by one to preserve all their flavor, this makes them a perfect gift for Father’s Day.

2.- Egg yolk dumplings

Another of our specialties. Handmade one by one in our bakery, our egg yolk pasties are made with the best Marcona almonds and candied egg yolk. Undoubtedly they are a different dessert that few have tried and that will not leave anyone indifferent.

3.- Walnut yolk

A unique recipe from Casa Mira. The walnut yolk is one of our most appreciated delicatessen since it is made with whole walnuts of the highest quality, candied yolk, a touch of cinnamon and finally, we bathe them in a wonderful white fondant.

Imperial cake

For those who miss the nougat, although in Casa Mira you can buy the best artisan nougat throughout the year, we propose a different way to taste our wonderful Marcona almonds: the imperial cake.

It is a kind of cake inside which you will find a mixture made from Marcona almonds with rosemary honey and covered with wafers, a must try!

Why we celebrate Father’s Day

There are speculations of all kinds, from being an invention of El Corte Inglés to sell more, to being an ancestral Catholic heritage. The truth is that Father’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, but not all of them celebrate it on the same day.

Although it may seem that we have been celebrating Father’s Day on March 19 all our lives, in reality in Spain we have been celebrating Father’s Day since 1948.

The reason that today we celebrate Father’s Day is Manuela Vicente Ferrero, a teacher who wanted to honor the fathers of her students after a demand of fathers who wanted to have a special day as mothers had.

The teacher expressed this wish in the magazine El Magisterio Español, and the first day dedicated to fathers was celebrated with a mass, gifts that her own daughters had prepared, and a festival of theater, poetry and dance. The perfect day for the celebration was St. Joseph’s feast day and, as the news spread in several publications and on the radio, it quickly reached the ears of one of the directors of Galerías Preciados, who in 1953 made an advertising campaign together with the director of El Corte Inglés. Since then, March 19 has been celebrated in Spain as a tribute to fathers.

However, many other countries in Europe and Latin America adopted the U.S. date, i.e., the third Sunday in June, and March 19 is celebrated as Dia del Hombre.

If you still don’t have a gift for Father’s Day, come to Casa Mira or discover our specialties in our online store. You will see how you will not be able to resist the temptation to try some of our suggestions.