So Grace is seven, which defies logic, because it was just yesterday when she was so teeny and new and utterly dependant and now she's practically an adult. Peter got her some headbands, and she got lots of great clothes and toys and art supplies, which Peter helped her open by assuming a supervisory role.
We had chocolate cake which is the household standby for birthdays. It was slightly lopsided, but to really perfect layer cake one would need to make a lot of layer cakes, which would require either distributing one's lopsided practice cakes throughout the community or eating a really lot of cake, neither of which seems practical.
The cake recipe:
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. baking cocoa
1 c. hot water
1 tsp soda
1 c. hot coffee
2 c. flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Add cocoa which has been dissolved in hot water to creamed mixture. Add soda which has been dissolved in hot coffee; mix again. Add dry ingredients and vanilla. Beat 1.5 minutes. Bake in a 9X13 or 2 round pans at 350 for 30 minutes.
And enjoy: this is a great cake!
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