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Gay Shares a One-Hundred Year Old Cake Recipe
Gay Shares a One-Hundred Year Old Cake Recipe
Thanks for the inviting me to guest on your blog. You asked me to share about myselfāmaybe tell something Iāve never told. So I decided to give you a recipeāone Iāve never given to anyone. I call it The One-hundred Year Old Cakeāitās at least that old and it comes from Alabama, but before you get to the ancient cake, Iāll tell you a bit about me, the cooks in the family and my latest book.
My mother was the best chef Iāve ever known, with my two grandmothers coming in second and third. My mom and her parents came to Texas from Alabama. Talk about good southern cookingāthey both knew the secrets. My paternal grandmother moved to Texas from Tennesseeāanother excellent southern cook. My mom used to make this cake and gave me the handwritten recipe. Her mother brought it from Alabama in a Model Tāshe didnāt bring many possessions, but she managed to stow away a few recipes. The one Iām sharing is older than the family.
Iām creativeājust not with pots and pans. Iāve photographed people and landscapesāand made money from my efforts. Iāve engaged in interior design professionally āstill do a bit of that from time to time. And Iāve written booksāten published to date. I also write articles for "The Texas Hill Country" magazine. For my sweet husbandās sake, I wish cooking had been an inherited talent.
Iāve written one novella, Clue into Kindness, it is in the Womanās Fiction genre, but most of the time, I write a series about Sarah. Sheās my whacky angel who helps humans in spite of causing mayhem. The Superiors always send Sarah to Texas. In the first book, Sarah: A Mission of Love, Sarah managed to lose herself many times between Houston and Austin. You see, Sarah is dyslexic and never knows which way to goāincluding up or down. Since that first book, Sarah pretty much stays close to Houston. Oh wait! She will go to Chicago in a book to yet be published. Sarah and the Double Wedding Woes. Sarah is ordered to follow her charge from Houston to Chicago for a night, and she is terrified. Sarah and the Double Wedding Woes is a sequel to the latest book, Sarah and a Date for Mackenzie.
Each Sarah book stands alone, and thereās no need to read them in order. Hereās a bit of info about my latest book, Sarah and a Date for Mackenzie.
This time Sarah goes to high school. She's scared to death...that is if a holy angel can be scared to the point of demise. She's never hung with kids before. Teens have never experienced anything like her either.
Sarah plans to help Mackenzie find a date for the prom.
Uh-oh! What about the school bully?
That little old meanie? Poopty doopty! Sarah can fix him.
Three generations of women live together. What about Mackenzie's teacher mom? Oh yeah, Sarah can find a man for her too. Then there's the grandmother. Must not leave her out. Sarah's got her hands and wings loaded to the brim in this one.
More about Sarah and a Date for Mackenzie
Merciful heavens! Getting acquainted with adult teachers in a high school is one challenge, but hang with the kids too? Sarah, heavenās little love angelāknown for bungles, has dealt with children and enjoyed them, but teenagers? My stars! They are a different ballgame. She doesnāt understand their jargon, clothes or hairdos. And mood swings? Forget it. She knew nothing about themānada āzippo. Sheād seen and heard them from aboveāeven wondered at times why they existed on the same planet as adults. They were unique and interesting, but to mingle with them? Not a chance would she choose to do soāwell, not until her latest assignment. Why would the Superiors send a bumbling angel like her to help a shy teenager find a date for a high school prom? Poopty doopty! A nightmare is about to happen.
Okay, now that Iāve introduced myself to you and your readers, Iām going to give you a yummy recipe.
Iām known for many things in life, but Iāll never be a fine cook. I do make this cake at Christmas, and it is my husbandās favorite. The cake had no name, and since the recipe is at least a century old, I named it.
One Hundred Year Old Cake
Ā¾ lb of real butter
2 Ā½ cups of sugar
6 large eggs or 8 small
2 ox of Vanilla
Ā¼ teaspoon salt
Mix these ingredients
Sift together and add to top mixture.
3 Ā¾ cups of flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Then add
1 lb pecans
2 packages of chopped dates
3 Ā¾ cups of flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Then add
1 lb pecans
2 packages of chopped dates
Pour into a Bundt pan at 350 degrees and baked one hour or until a toothpick comes out dry.
Thanks for having me, Gail. I hope you and your readers will try this cake. It is a family favorite in the Lewis household.
Yum. It sounds delicious!
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