Last week, I hit some rough spots. Despite my efforts to shield my children from my sadness, they picked up on it with their ever sensitive radar. While I was out running errands on afternoon, they took it upon themselves to try to make me smile. When I returned home, the dining room was set up with board games. My kitchen had been turned into a makeshift bowling alley complete with lanes, pins and balls. The room was set up for musical chairs.
They had baked a cake...
and made a card...
I was really choked up by their love and the effort they took to just to make me smile. It meant so much to me and I wanted to make sure to record it here so I don't ever forget.
The chocolate cake recipe is my great grandmother Annabelle's.
Never Fail Cake
Mix:
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups white sugar
2 well beaten eggs
Add:
1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 cup hot water with 2 level tsp soda added
Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes.
"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." -Charles Schultz
