“Being “pro life” means defending the lives of
the unborn
and
the sick
the poor
the homeless
the aged
the mentally challenged
the inmate
the refugee
and the person or people you hate.
Being pro life means reverencing
all human life.
Because it’s all from God.”
~ Fr. Jim Sichko
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Alert the media – I baked my first bundt cake today. I recently found out that Shero loves lemon cake. I bought a lemon pound cake mix with icing a couple of weeks ago, and that’s when I found out. To my recollection, she has never made a lemon cake of any kind, and I’ve never seen her eat lemon cake. I can’t say I’ve seen her eat lemon pie either. I’ve been studying cooking and baking over the holiday months, trying a few little things here and there, but today I decided it was time to really step out on a limb and try my hand at cake. Last week, as I was thinking about this, I discovered my Mamaw Adams’ bundt pan (seen in the distance in the photo above). That sealed the deal to go bundt, and I found an appealing recipe for an iced lemon pound cake in a bundt pan. After it took an hour and a half to get it into the pan, I laughed when I read “20 minutes prep time” at the bottom of the recipe. Maybe if I had a KitchenAid mixer to blend the cream cheese and butter, fold in 2.5 cups of sugar, 6 eggs, and 3 cups of flour, I could do it in 20 minutes, but the old-fashioned way, by hand, the way I’ve seen Mamaw Adams do it a thousand times? It’s not a 20-minute job if you want the stuff mixed properly, at least not for me. I got it done, though, and I didn’t have the right knife for spreading the icing, but I got that done, too. It was a four-hour event by the time it cooled enough to ice. Shero and I had it for dessert after supper. I asked if she liked it as much as the box cake I made a couple of weeks ago. She said no. <snort> I laughed out loud. I thought it was absolutely delicious and tasted better and fresher than the box cake, but Shero has always favored more processed foods, so I wasn’t entirely surprised by her reaction. She still liked it and complimented its strong lemony flavor, and that’s all that matters. More cake for me!
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