As I write this, it is snowing and I don’t like it one bit! Just a wet snow for now but I guess it is just a precursor to what is to come in the weeks ahead. It looks as if the Polar Express is heading straight for us. What can you do? Momma Said, ‘Light the fire and bring the dogs and cats in for the night.”
My dog Abby is doing well after her surgery. The stitches are out and she still has a slight limp but the Dr. said everything looks good. She was a trooper through the whole ordeal and hopefully the cold won’t impede her progress.
The ordeal with the canning of the bear meat is over. Thankfully my brother decided to have more roasts than stew meat so the process went faster than we thought. We ended up with 14 quarts of meat and I lost track of the roast count, but it was a lot. We ate tenderloin for dinner and I actually liked it. It had a little sweeter taste than venison but it was good. Momma Said, “It didn’t taste a thing like chicken.”
Just talked with my little buddy and she didn’t have a good night. I say again, cancer is an ugly disease that I wish we could eradicate. She is so young for this to happen but this disease does not discriminate, it takes young and old alike.
This week I will leave you with a recipe that seems as if it will not succeed, but be patient when making this one. It starts out looking like a mess but the end result is very tasty.
Magic Custard Cake
Ingredients:
4 eggs (whites separated from yolks), room temp
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter, melted
3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 cups milk lukewarm
powdered sugar for dusting cake
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325 F degrees. Grease and Line 8 inch x 8 inch baking dish with parchment. Separate eggs and add the egg whites to a mixer and beat egg whites stiff. Place egg whites in a bowl and set aside. Beat the egg yolks & sugar until light. Add butter and vanilla. Beat for two minutes.
Add the flour and mix it in until fully incorporated. Slowly start adding the milk and beat until everything is well mixed together. Add the egg whites, a third at a time and gently fold them in using a spatula, repeat until all egg whites are folded in.
Pour batter into baking dish and bake for approx 60 minutes or until the top is lightly golden. Cool and dust heavily with powdered sugar.