Faith Ford's book 'Cooking with Faith' originally sold for $25.00.
Better Homes and Gardens book
'Making a Home, Housekeeping For Real Life'
originally sold for $29.95.
on Thursday for .40 cents a piece!
Now that's a HomeHaven Bargain.
Today I was thumbing through Faith's book and admired the colored picture of her Grandma Cora's Fluffy Catahoula Coconut Cake. This jogged my memory of the big full size cakes I won as a child at the McKinley Grade School Fall/Autumn Fair. One year I was thrilled to WIN two cakes in the Cake Walk Room.
Reminded of how much fun Elementary School Fall/Autumn Fairs were when I was a kid!
Our school had actual Cake Walks. Remember those? Oh, we'd be so excited that there were so many rooms in the school building and each room had a different theme.
When I discovered THE CAKE WALK ROOM I was convinced this is the room to be at!
The teacher would use an old fashioned record player and play blurps of music as we walked around and around a circle of chairs. She'd stop the music and we'd scramble to sit in a chair. There was always one chair less than the students walking around the circle. A chair would be removed and we'd start walking again as the music played. Musical Chairs. Music stopped. Scramble for a chair. Always a loser. Loser leaves the game. Remove chair. Begin again. Music stopped. Scramble. A loser. Loser leaves the game. Chair removed. Again.
When the music stopped we'd plop ourselves in a chair. When there was only one student left sitting in the only chair remaining, they were declared the winner and got to pick the cake they wanted. That was really winning something.
In this community these were the days when Mommas stayed home more than worked in the workforce. These homemade cakes were something else baked by mommas that were homemakers.
Cakes!
Just like Momma made.
God bless you this week-end.
Think I ought to bake a cake and
think on good things!
~Deanna~
Phillipians 4:8
Finally, Brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
6 comments:
Oh Deanna I will be over for a cuppa and a piece of that coconut cake. My daughter and gd brought me a piece of cheese cake they made today. Yum yum yum. I was never a big baker and never got into the habit of having dessert around. Good for the growing kiddos. LOL
QMM
Hi D! Oh, what a deal you got on the cookbooks! Now, did you know coconut cake was one of my favorites? :) I'll be right over! :)
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
What fabulous buys but now I think I need to bake a cake! I love cake so, thanks, Deanna, for the reminder.
Looks like some great recipes!
Cake cake cake - loverly comforting cakes! Special find in those two cookbooks and sweet tooth memories are some of the best. Have a nice big slice of memory and wash it down with a swig of smiles!
Deanna,
What a beautiful memory! I remember with fondness the lovely autumn days of my childhod spent riding horses and playing with friends while the colorful leaves and autumn smells tickled our senses! Have a blessed week!
Blessings,
Kim
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