Sweet potato cakes

When I was a student in Tel Aviv in the early 1990s I lived in the trendy centre of the city, around Shenkin Street, and used to hang about in cafés with other students who, just like me, talked about meaningful things with an air of innocent self-importance. At the very heart of the centre was a small café, called Orna and Ella’s, that epitomized the scene; everyone wanted to be seen there. And what symbolized Orna and Ella’s was their legendary sweet potato cakes. Here’s a modified versio