Article: Weighing in with mom's cake recipe

When my mother died in 1977, somehow her sponge cake recipe got lost and out of the family.

I have been trying to find the recipe, to no avail. Finally, through an unexpected surprise, I was able to obtain the recipe. You can just imagine how happy I was! I remember the story my mother told me about her plain old-fashioned sponge cake. Right after my parents were married, my father and mother left this area for Waynesboro. My father wanted to study in a machine shop to learn to be a machinist. Reluctantly, my mother went with him. They had never been out of this area so this was a big move in their lives. They packed all their belongings in a blanket chest, which I still have, and left for ...

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