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Friday, October 19, 2012

How to Bake a Cake

This is for FUN!!! For all you mom's (and dad's)
How to Bake a Cake
RECIPE BY D.L. WINKLER

Light oven. Grease pan. Crack nuts.
  Get out bowl, spoons, ingredients.
    Remove 18 blocks and 7 toy automobiles from kitchen table.
      Measure 2 cups flour onto piece of waxed paper.
        Get sifter out of cabinet.
          Remove Johnny’s hand from flour. Wash flour off him.
            Measure out 1 cup more flour to replace what is now on floor.
              Put flour, 2 ½ tsp. baking powder and ½ tsp. salt in sifter.
                Get dustpan and brush up pieces of bowl which Johnny has accident-
                  ally knocked off table.
                    Get another bowl. Sift ingredients.
                      With spoon work ¼ cup shortening against sides of bowl.
                        Answer doorbell.

                       Return to kitchen. Remove Johnny’s hands from bowl.
                     Wash shortening off him.
                   Add 1 cup granulated sugar gradually.
                 Answer telephone.

                 Return to kitchen. Remove Johnny’s hands from bowl.
                   Wash shortening and sugar off him.
                     Get out egg.
                       Answer doorbell.
   
                       Return to kitchen. Mop up floor.
                     Change Johnny’s shoes which are egg-y.
                   Get another egg. Beat.
                 Remove toy automobile from bowl.
               Add flour mixture alternately with egg, ¾ cup milk and 1 tsp. vanilla.
             Answer knock at back door.

             Remove Johnny’s hands from bowl.
               Wash shortening, sugar, flour, milk and vanilla off him.
                 Beat – (mixture).
                   Take up greased pan; find it has 1/4 –inch layer of salt in bottom.
                     Look for Johnny, who has disappeared.
                       Get another pan and grease it.
                         Answer telephone.

                         Return to kitchen and find Johnny – of all people.
                       Remove his hands from bowl.
                     Wash shortening,  etc., etc.,  etc.….. off  him.
                   Take up greased pan; find it has ¼ - inch layer of nutshells in it.
                 Head for Johnny who flees, knocking bowl off table.
               Wash kitchen floor.  Wash kitchen table.
             Wash kitchen walls.
           Wash dishes.
         Call up baker.
       Lie down.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 20, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    This is so cute! I seriously laughed so hard!!

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  2. AnniesCafeOctober 22, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    I found this years ago, I think it came out of a goodhousekeeping magazine or something like that. I just love it.

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