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again without finding the mistake.
nce upon a time, a young
Eventually, they discovered that
college student fell in love
where the recipe called for 1 cup of
with a young man she had
coffee, the bride-to-be had added 1
met in class, and they planned to
cup of instant coffee powder
marry. Though the fiancé
straight from the jar.
was a handsome, intel-
Thereafter, whenever my
ligent, polite young man
mother wrote out the rec-
and a strictly observant Jew,
ipe for an acquaintance or
the woman’s mother did
friend, she added the word
not approve at all. So, the
“liquid” — 1 cup of liquid
young woman found a little
coffee.
apartment to live in while
Oh, I bet you also want to
she waited for the wedding
Rose Finkelman
know what happened to the
date.
young couple and the obsti-
On her own for the first
nate mother. Well, the bride’s
time, the young woman
mother became reconciled to her
found she needed someone to teach
daughter and her son-in-law in time
her a lot about managing a home
to visit the grandchildren.
and cooking and baking and so
forth. Abandoned by her own moth-
ROSE’S HONEY CAKE
er, she also needed emotional sup-
port. My mother, Rose Finkelman,
2 eggs, separated
became the mentor and stand-in
½ cup oil
mother of the bride.
1 cup sugar
As part of the tutorial in baking,
1 cup liquid coffee
my mother sent this young woman a 1cup honey
honey cake recipe, probably learned
2½ cups flour
from her own late mother, a recipe
2 tsp. baking powder
that had never failed.
½ tsp. ginger
The bride-to-be followed the
½ tsp. salt
recipe carefully and served her
½ tsp. cloves
fiancé fresh-baked honey cake. Alas,
½ tsp. cinnamon
though he loved her dearly and
hated to say so, he found the cake
Beat egg whites until stiff. Blend
inedible.
oil, sugar, egg yolks. Add honey.
The mortified bride-to-be con-
Add other ingredients. Fold in egg
sulted with my mother to try to fig-
whites.
ure out what had gone wrong — she
Bake in greased tube pan at 350
had followed the recipe faithfully.
degrees for one hour. •
They went over the recipe again and

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