Beat 2 egg whites until stiff, add 1 c. brown sugar and beat until well blended. Spread on cake batter, sprinkle with 1/2 c. chopped nuts. Bake.
found in my grandma's 1943 joy of cooking
I happened on this recipe card this morning when looking for a recipe for blondies and it fascinated me because it’s basically a meringue put on top of raw cake batter and then baked with the cake. It was stuck in between pages with yellow cake recipes and that’s my favorite cake.
I love seeing my grandma’s handwriting. I miss getting a letters from her. When she was alive she mailed a letter to me every 2-4 weeks. We sent letters back and forth to each other for 20 years.
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Today when I headed out to the grocery store I put $50 cash in my pocket and no credit cards.
My grocery list was cauliflower, apples, heavy cream, walnuts, cheese, and some snacks to eat at work.
I spotted a spicy chocolate sesame bar and picked up a few and thought “we probably need more butter” and then I was THAT annoying person in the grocery line asking the cashier to remove one thing at a time until the bill was less than $50.
A few weeks after my 4-year-old declared she wanted to eat meat, she declared she didn’t really like meat (except prosciutto). She tried turkey at Thanksgiving and spat it out. She said chicken isn’t meat and didn’t want to eat it. She loves ikura and tobiko and anchovies and sardines and salmon and fake meats (fakin’ bacon, smart dogs, veggie burgers, etc) and chocolate.
