MY MOTHER'S SNORING

   What is the most relaxing sound in the world to you?  You can buy thousands of  cd's with many different sounds such as water falls, chirping birds, crickets, giggling babies, etc.  My #1 most relaxing sound in the whole world is listening to my Mother snoring as she sleeps.  I love my Mother so much.  She is the only Mother I have ever had, the only one I have ever needed.  My Mother's snoring puts my mind at ease that she is alive and resting.  The even sound of her breathing, her snoring, is reassuring to me.  If I recorded the sound of my Mother snoring, it would not be as relaxing as listening to her in person.  I love you, Mother.

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Pennsylvania dutch chocolate cake

   I have been under the weather lately, and all I have wanted to eat is chocolate.  I found a pennsylvania dutch chocolate cake recipie in one of my old magazines, so I decided to bake it.  The Pennsylvania dutch chocolate cake recipie was not found in a Pennsylvania magazine, but I decided to try it anyway.  The magazine was bought in 1986.  It had brown sugar in the recipie.  I baked it in a bundt pan for about 40 minutes and guess what....it tasted like a chocolate cake.  I'm no expert on Pennsylvania dutch chocolate cakes, mind you, but I do know what a chocolate cake should taste like.  I should have frosted it with chocolate buttercream frosting.  The recipie follows:

3oz.unsweetened chocolate
1/2 C.    water                                                              3/4 C.  butter or margarine
1 C.       sour cream                                                      1 C.     sugar
1 3/4 C. cake flour                                                     3/4 C.     firmly packed brown sugar
1 t.         baking soda                                                       3       large eggs
1 1/2 t.   baking powder                                               2 t.        vanilla
1/2 t.      salt
Grease and flour two 8-inch round pans.  Heat chocolate and water in heavy saucepan over low heat until chocloate is melted;  stir constantly.  Cool but do not allow chocolate to set up;  add sour cream and blend well.  Mix flour, powder, soda, and salt together;  set aside.  Cream butter.  Gradually add sugars;  beat until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time;  mix well after each addition.  Add dry ingredients alternately with chocolate mixture;  mix well.  Add vanilla.  Pour into prepared pans.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes;  release.  Cool completely before decorating.
The  Wilton. Yearbook 1986 Baking & Decorating
   I don't really care for box cake mixes, when I can bake a Pennsylvania Dutch Chocolate Cake from scratch.  What about you?

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