1 Serpent/CHICCHAN
Greetings on this day 1 (intentions, unity), Serpent/CHICCHAN (movement and the creation of time)
Galactic Tone 1
The beginning of all things - the first, the whole, the ALL of one. The energies of one gives a good push to whatever project one is associated with. One gives the energy of meeting new challenges. One does not give the finishing touches, but sets new intentions along the path of sacred creation, allowing manifestation of the whole to fall in place in it's own time (on the 10 day of manifestation).
Serpent/CHICCHAN
Sensual and dramatic, this Day Keeper Sun embodies intense instinctual wisdom and creates a connection from Earth bound, to Heavenly aspirations, through movement and the creation of time. Serpent opens our hearts and expands us toward service to others. Just as serpents are adaptable and fluid, we are encouraged to approach this day with those attitudes in mind.
Together, 1 Serpent/CHICCHAN is the start of what will be a powerful week on the Mayan Calendar. This is an important time to set goals and intentions, and especially those related to Spiritual growth.
Approaching Green Days & Core Days on the Mayan Calendar
As we are approaching the central days of the 260 Tzolkin year, tomorrow we begin 10 consecutive days of Green Kin activation. The Suns of this Galactic Week are geared to reawaken old memories about who we really are that will help us proceed forward toward our Spiritual Evolution.
In lak’ech
Debra Malmos/Jaguar Woman (9-Eagle)
Love in a Recipe - Mom's Chocolate Sheet Cake
One of the things I love about my Mom, is that everyone who enters the door is offered something wonderful from her kitchen - this is my favorite thing. This is seriously one of the best recipes in my entire collection - the fastest and BEST chocolate cake you will ever lay hands on. You just can't screw this up!
Mom's Chocolate Sheet Cake
The Cake...
2 Cups Flour
2 Cups Sugar
1 Stick Butter
5 Tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Cup Water
1 Teaspoon Soda
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Oil
First - preheat the oven to 400 degrees (that is not a typo).
Get a big sauce pan, you are going to mix the batter in there. Melt the butter with the oil, water, and cocoa and bring to a boil. Take off the stove immediately, and add all the dry ingredients, EXCEPT THE SODA. Dissolve the soda in the 1/2 Cup of Buttermilk, then add this, the eggs, and vanilla and mix till smooth. Pour batter into a sheet cake pan - those big pans that are a little deeper than a cookie sheet. (I line mine with parchment paper, or grease and dust it with flour.) Bake for 20 minutes ONLY, or until it springs back.
The frosting...
You are going to use the same saucepan, so rinse and start over for the frosting. This doesn't take long, and you pour it over the cake while it is still hot - only 5 minutes out of the oven... so I usually start this about 5 minutes BEFORE the cake is done.
1 Stick Butter
5 Tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa
1/3 Cup Buttermilk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Box (2 1/2 Cups) Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup chopped pecans (optional)
Melt the butter with the cocoa til well dissolved. Add the buttermilk and vanilla - mix. Add the powdered sugar and keep this on a low burner... just to keep it from setting while you are mixing. By now, your cake should be out of the oven - add the nuts if you want them in the frosting - then pour this over the cake. (The frosting sets up like a homemade MMMMM fudge and holds all the moisture in the cake... will stay moist for days like that.)
OMG - Never baked this for ANYONE that they didn't go ape over it. You can leave out the cinnamon, though just a tad is unrecognizable - just "something" good people can't quite put their finger on. TRY IT.
I'm packing boxes for my move, and just couldn't bear the thought of not being able to find this recipe that I love so much. Hope you enjoy it. AND THANK YOU MOM!
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