Finally we get ready to turn the last page of a pesky year. And in that spirit, as if we were around a dinner table together, I will ask one of two questions.
Let me explain. Once there was a family of four who set the table most every night for eight. They would have a go-round at dinner, where all diners were invited to name the best and the worst of that day. For our purposes, let’s dismiss the worsts, but how about you all tell the rest of us your year’s best meal, recipe or food memory. Let’s put 2020 to bed by reminding ourselves that in all hard things there are seeds and signs of good and deliciousness.
SHEET CAKES
Martha Eaves began with “a few sheet cake recipes for the reader who requested them. All of these are tried and true in my kitchen. The prune cake may not sound very appetizing to some people, but it was my favorite of my maternal grandmother’s cake recipes. She was born in 1906 and lived to be almost 101 years old. The wet chocolate cake comes from my mother’s recipe box. She will be 90 years old this week.”
Prune Cake