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Saturday, July 9, 2011

ASK and you shall receive...

ASK. I am finding this to be one of the MOST important spiritual tools available to me – and surprised that it’s taken me so long to figure out. I always thought I WAS asking, when I was really only lamenting about the things I didn’t have.

I’ve heard it many times in my life – probably the first was, Matthew 7:7-8:

Matthew 7: 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

A recent resource that shed greater light on this for me was from, “The Gentle Way” website at http://www.thegentlewaybook.com/, which offers encouragement on how to ask our Guardian Angel (out loud) for the “most benevolent outcomes.” This seemly small act done on my way to work over the past few months has been one of the best spiritual tools I’ve employed to maintain my personal sense of peace and connectedness.

I ask out loud for the most benevolent outcomes for myself, for my day, for those I come in contact with, and even other drivers I see on the road. It just seems to ripple out more each time I use it… and as I truly feel a deep desire that others I include experience a supernaturally wonderful day, I ask, believing it and thanking my Angel for it. It is such a simple way to support the energy of peace on earth, and reminds me that I have something important to offer to the world.

We are more powerful than we realize, and unlocking the power of our intentions is as simple and easy as sending love and goodwill.

Just ASK out loud, and see what happens!

in lak'ech

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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!