Welcome to meetsophia.de, the ultimate love letter to our most favourite person: Sophia.
Sophia is our sister, daughter and friend who we love and miss so much. She passed away in May 2017 at 21 years old and left a big empty space behind. Losing a loved one is hard and sometimes the best thing you can do is talk about them. Sophia was a lovely person who brought sunshine into our lives every day and we’d like you to meet her too.
Have a look around and discover her photography, her favourite strawberry cake recipe and everything else she would have shared with you if you met her today.
Buffy
Sophia's Favorite Movies
All strongly recommended, best enjoyed with some ice cream!
Hobbies
hiking, taking photos, baking, reading, listening to music (and singing along), horse riding, playing The Sims 3, riding her bike, daydreaming, going to the movies, talking on the phone for hours, watching TV, being outside
Kater (his name was just cat)
Everything You Need To Know About Sophia
- Sophia worked in a bookstore and she loved it! Her favorite gifts to give were books and she always found the perfect book for everyone.
- Her dream was to one day have her own horse. She always smelled a little bit like horse 🤭
- Sophia was a great cook. She taught her friends a thing or two and saved Claras Christmas in 2016.
- Sophia saw Ed Sheeran perform at a small festival in 2012 before he became world famous.
- Sophia's most favorite TV show is Gilmore Girls.
- Sophia grew up in a house built in 1608.
- Sophia's birthday is on September 13th - a great reason to have some cake!
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Maja
Sophia (small)
Favorite Books
Books by Nicholas Sparks, Kerstin Gier and Jojo Moyes, romantic stories are her favorite
Maja
Favorite Foods
pancakes, German rice pudding, soup (broccoli cream soup in particular), anything you can find in a Jamie Oliver cookbook, cupcakes, chocolate, gummy bears
Sophia and her mom
What Sophia Likes
cheesy postcards, Christmas and Christmas music, giving gifts, romantic stories with a happy end, nature, drinking tea, unicorns, the smell of a stable, books and bookstores, scented candles, bright colors and patterns, the French island Ile de Ré, marzipan, butterflies, sunny weather, painting her nails, the Ocean, cute mugs, musicals, IKEA, flowers and plants, Nintendo DS games (Animal Crossing in particular), snow, Orangina, cardigans
Sophia and her sister Clara
Strawberry Quark Cake
Ingredients
For the batter:
200g wheat flour
50g cornstarch
1 pack baking powder (16g)
1 pack of vanilla sugar (8G)
250g sugar
6 eggs
125g soft butter
a pinch of salt
100g ground almonds
Sophia’s note:
Add 40g cocoa powder and some milk to the batter for a chocolate strawberry cake! Can also be made in a regular or small size round cake pan, simply divide the ingredients by 2 or 4.
for the topping:
200g dark chocolate
1kg strawberries
500ml cream
1 pack strawberry cream powder
200ml water
250g quark
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a standard size baking tray.
Mix flour, cornstarch and baking powder in a bowl. Add sugar, vanilla sugar, eggs, butter and salt and mix together with a hand mixer until you have a smooth batter. Lastly add ground almonds and mix until well combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely.
Melt the chocolate, spread in an even layer on the cake and wait for it to harden.
For the strawberry cream, wash your strawberries and dice 750g, cut the rest in half. Whisk cream until stiff. Combine the strawberry cream powder with water, mix in quark and fold in the cream and cubed strawberries. Spread the cream on the cake right away and put the cake in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
Garnish with the halved strawberries.
Sophia Dislikes
injustice, peas, bad weather, long car drives, doing laundry and dishes
Favorite Colors
Buffy+Max
Sophia was a young woman with hopes and dreams, on her way to find herself and her spot in the world. She was kind, warm, sensitive and bright. She was full of joy and loved to laugh.
Thank you for reading and getting to know her.
The Sticker Project
Usually when you’re 21 years old you have your whole life ahead of you to meet new friends, see the world and make new experiences. When Sophia’s life was cut short, Sophia’s younger sister Clara came up with the sticker idea to leave behind a colourful reminder of her sister wherever she would go.
Clara was planning to move to Berlin for university in 2018 and Sophia was supposed to be the first visitor in her big city apartment. Sophia never got to see Berlin but the first sticker was placed there. Sophia was never there, but we were and we were thinking of her.
Since then over hundreds more have been left not only by Sophia’s friends and family but also many kind people who help us keep her memory alive. If you’d like to be a part of the project, send us a message on Instagram!
