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My favorite birthday cake
This recipe appears in the appendix of Delivery Delayed, as a complement to the scene in the book where the ladies of the club are gobbling it up at Addie's birthday dance.
Rose Cake
Ellsworth, Mrs. M.W. Queen of the Household. Ellsworth & Brey: Detroit, Michigan, 1899. p. 91.
One-half cup white sugar, 1/2 cup red sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder; flavor with rose. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; then [add] the red sugar, milk and flour [and the baking powder]; whites of 6 eggs beaten to a froth the last thing. Bake in a slow oven.
Ellsworth, Mrs. M.W. Queen of the Household. Ellsworth & Brey: Detroit, Michigan, 1899. p. 91.
One-half cup white sugar, 1/2 cup red sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder; flavor with rose. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; then [add] the red sugar, milk and flour [and the baking powder]; whites of 6 eggs beaten to a froth the last thing. Bake in a slow oven.
In a seaport town in the late 19th-century Pacific Northwest, a group of friends find themselves drawn together —by chance, by love, and by the marvelous changes their world is undergoing. In the process, they learn that the family we choose can be just as important as the ones we're born into. Join their adventures in
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First Wheel in Town
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When Dr. Brown unpacks the crate and reveals the first bicycle the town has ever seen, he wants to share his enthusiasm for this revolutionary new piece of technology —but encounters overwhelming hostility instead of the excitement he'd expected. The only one who seems positively interested is the pretty young widow Kitty Butler, and Dr. Brown soon realizes how much he needs her support…
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Love Will Find A Wheel
"I'm sure he'll be glad you're here —once he gets used to it."
When Jacob Simmons arrives in Washington Territory in the summer of 1882 and receives a glacial reception from his uncle Silas, he appreciates Dr. Brown's encouraging prediction but doesn't have much faith in it. Jacob's not even sure Silas will have time to get used to his presence, let alone consider him welcome. If the young man can't meet the draconian requirements of a contract with his business investors, he'll face exile and financial ruin, thus fulfilling old Silas' prediction that he would be just as dismal a failure as his father. His whole future rests on finding a market for a remarkable new machine —and he'll need help selling them.
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A Rapping At The Door
When the delivery of a mysterious letter to Silas Hayes' mansion is followed by the arrival of a beautiful young woman who claims she can communicate with the dead, Nurse McCoy sniffs trouble in the wind. It's obvious to her that the newcomer is after Silas' fortune, but he is helplessly in awe of the medium's eerily intimate knowledge of his past and her seemingly supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Kitty Brown's yearning to reach out to the departed spirit of her first love is making her push away her new husband, just when she needs him the most. The whole situation is a dreadful mess, and McCoy's got to straighten it all out before Silas' nephew and his bride come back from their honeymoon. Honestly, she doesn't know how any of the fools in this world would get along without her…
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