Orange Cake with Chocolate, Swimming and Saturday Ventures

Swimming sure means summer where we live now...

did 8 laps this morning... 

When we woke up and went to the living room, we saw

that Cleo the Naughty Old Lady Cat had been on the table

and messed up the entire game of Scrabble that we had left there.

Well, that was the end of that first game! :(

I had taken a picture of it last night... it would have been 

hard for us to continue the game, but I do wish Cleo would not

be naughty like that. 

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We finished up the Indian leftovers I made,

baked in the toaster oven again.

This baking has made all the difference.

From a meal I was a bit disappointed in (after all that effort)

to something I really enjoyed eating.

A cooking redemption, if you were.

So my Husband really wanted me to use up some 

canned fruit we had in the house,

our pantry is so fully of blessings; he is so right

that I need to get to work on that.

So I had canned Mandarin oranges and I knew 

I would need an older cookbook to find a recipe with oranges in it.

Sure enough, the Amish cookbook my friend gave me had a recipe!

So I made this vegan, 

it was easy to do, as the only thing that needed

switching was the eggs. 

I have egg replacement powder and away I went!

The frosting was my own decision,

a bag of Trader Joes (vegan) chocolate chips melted over a double boiler

with some of the "juice" from the canned oranges.

If I had an orange jam that would have been a neat addition to the frosting.

I will take the cake to church tomorrow, God willing!

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I hope whatever your day was, that

there were blessings in it and God's comfort.