The Farmer Family Cookbook

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In going through my recipes for this project, I came across this recipe for Cupid's Wedding cake which I received as a bride at a wedding shower held for me in Deaver, Wyoming. The recipe has yellowed over the years, but still very readable and full of wisdom. It was given to me by Mrs. Hylas T. Finley, know as "Ida" on September 11, 1946

Ingredients

• 50.05 lbs fervent devotion
• 30.03 lbs extract of faithfulness
• 40.04 quarts of heartfelt satisfaction
• 10.01 lb each of prudence and good nature
• 60.06 scruples each of confidence and mutual forbearance
• 80.08 oz of gentleness and modesty
• 120.12 scruples of matrimony fidelity
• 20.02 lbs connubial felicity
• 40.04 qts ecstatic enjoyment
• 40.04 lbs patience, industry and economy
• 20.02 lbs each wisdom and experience
• 90.09 oz discretion and benevolence
• 70.07 oz spice of sweetness
• 1.50.015 lbs seeds of virtue
• 30.03 oz essence of purity
• 70.07 pints sweetness of disposition
• 10.01 qt balm of a thousand ills
• 10.01 gallon milk of human kindness
• 100.1 grains of common sense

Steps

1. Mix thoroughly with cheerfulness. Pour mixture into a golden bowl of domestic happiness. Lubricate with oil of gladness. Bake in oven with double blessedness, heated by the fire of true LOVE. While warm spread over the whole with a frosting of gracefulness. In the center place the star of hope set around with dimples and the sparkle of bright eyes. Encircle with the wreath of smiles, interwoven with rosy blushes and pink perfection. Fasten the wreath with a golden cord of harmony and silver thread of discourse. One cake will last a lifetime, and improve with age. All who eat of it will never have cause to seek for a divorce.