My beloved Aunt Nettie always baked an angel food cake, buttermilk corn sticks, biscuits, yeast rolls, prepared tea by the gallons and put out her best table linens, finestchina, and silverware, and somehow got up in her high ceiling house attic to bring down six dinner table chairs by herself. She was, as she said, a young 90 ! (Her husband had died a year ago.In addition, she washed and iron her white starched curtains and polished the hardwood floors, Our family gathered with our 'specialties' at her house for a wonderful family reunion and decoration day at the cemetery. Her cake was the lightest, highest and most delicious imaginable. All of us 'girls' requested her recipe and she smiled as she told us she would be glad to share it, but as the afternoon went by so quickly, we forgot about it and all too soon folks began to go home. My husband and I stayed around to help put the extra chairs back in the attic, cleaning the bathrooms, picking up left behind toys, mopping the floors, and so forth. The garbage had been put in big bags outside, past the screen door and I wanted to check to be sure we didn't lose any of her flatware or whatever. Well. Imagine my great surprise when I came upon two Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix boxes! OMG! Our beloved Aunt Nettie was 90 years young, very intelligent, taught children's Sunday school, played piano for church, visited the shut-ins with flowers fron her garden, and still drove wherever she needed to go. She cared for her only child, (Marjorie and her family of five) recovering from breast cancer. Aunt Nettie would not hurt anyone's'feelings for all the money in the world. She even bravely ate a few bites of slaw I had made with too much vinegar! But she knew that some things had to be done were more important and they came first, as you see. None of us came just for the fried chicken,ham, potato salad, turkey and dressing,the jello salads, fresh vegetables, casseroles, but we all enjoyed eating together, missing the family members who we would never see again. Food is always appreciated and sometimes a homemaker might have or take some extra time in her/his day and decide to measure, sift, stir, blend, separate, crush, beat, whip, heat, boil, bake, chill, and clean up the mess. But sometimes, that very same homemaker may have a more immediate need to make something for people she loves but doesn't have quite enough time. If you ever find yourself in that situation, may I suggest you try my Aunt Nettie's Angel Food Cake Recipe. It's a family favorite!
I never let her know that I knew Betty Crocker helped make her famous cakes! I promise your secret recipe will be safe with me, too!
My beloved Aunt Nettie always baked an angel food cake, buttermilk corn sticks, biscuits, yeast rolls, prepared tea by the gallons and put out her best table linens, finestchina, and silverware, and somehow got up in her high ceiling house attic to bring down six dinner table chairs by herself. She was, as she said, a young 90 ! (Her husband had died a year ago.In addition, she washed and iron her white starched curtains and polished the hardwood floors, Our family gathered with our 'specialties' at her house for a wonderful family reunion and decoration day at the cemetery. Her cake was the lightest, highest and most delicious imaginable. All of us 'girls' requested her recipe and she smiled as she told us she would be glad to share it, but as the afternoon went by so quickly, we forgot about it and all too soon folks began to go home. My husband and I stayed around to help put the extra chairs back in the attic, cleaning the bathrooms, picking up left behind toys, mopping the floors, and so forth. The garbage had been put in big bags outside, past the screen door and I wanted to check to be sure we didn't lose any of her flatware or whatever. Well. Imagine my great surprise when I came upon two Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix boxes! OMG! Our beloved Aunt Nettie was 90 years young, very intelligent, taught children's Sunday school, played piano for church, visited the shut-ins with flowers fron her garden, and still drove wherever she needed to go. She cared for her only child, (Marjorie and her family of five) recovering from breast cancer. Aunt Nettie would not hurt anyone's'feelings for all the money in the world. She even bravely ate a few bites of slaw I had made with too much vinegar! But she knew that some things had to be done were more important and they came first, as you see. None of us came just for the fried chicken,ham, potato salad, turkey and dressing,the jello salads, fresh vegetables, casseroles, but we all enjoyed eating together, missing the family members who we would never see again. Food is always appreciated and sometimes a homemaker might have or take some extra time in her/his day and decide to measure, sift, stir, blend, separate, crush, beat, whip, heat, boil, bake, chill, and clean up the mess. But sometimes, that very same homemaker may have a more immediate need to make something for people she loves but doesn't have quite enough time. If you ever find yourself in that situation, may I suggest you try my Aunt Nettie's Angel Food Cake Recipe. It's a family favorite!
I never let her know that I knew Betty Crocker helped make her famous cakes! I promise your secret recipe will be safe with me, too!