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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • JANUARY 9, 2019 • Betty Kaiser’s Chatter Box: Cakes for Capricorns (and friends) Betty Kaiser January is my birthday month. If you were born be- tween Jan. 1-20, we are fel- low Capricorns! According to what I’ve read, that means we are independent, disci- plined, organized, patient, hard-working, tolerant and self-motivated people. On paper, we sound bor- ing or too good to be true. I’m not sure how these astrological signs are fi gured out but this I do know — not many of us, like me, are born on Friday, Jan. 13. According to my research the most ba- bies are born in September and the 13th is not a favorite number in any month. Still, I share this month’s birthday with several dear friends and we have similar personality traits. Go fi gure. In my growing-up years, birthdays were all about the cake. Every year from 1st to 6th grade, mother took homemade, frosted cup- cakes and Kool-Aid to my classrooms at 42nd Street El- ementary School. My Brownie Troop also celebrated my birthday with cupcakes. No one was left out and this birthday girl felt special. Th en, at home, my fa- vorite birthday cake was waiting. I would have been very disappointed if grand- mother’s buttermilk cake with boiled coconut frosting wasn’t decorated with can- dles for me to blow out aft er dinner. My favorite cake reci- pes (chocolate, coconut and lemon) follow. In my so- called golden years, I have simplifi ed the recipes. I no longer spend hours assem- bling 40-plus ingredients to enjoy a piece of German Chocolate cake. Th erefore, the base for two of my favorite birthday cakes is a Duncan Hines box mix. In my opinion, a good white cake mix is hard to fi nd. So, today’s recipes be- gin with my grandmother’s from-scratch buttermilk cake and her yummy White Mountain frosting. Don’t be intimidated by the boiled frosting. It’s easier than it sounds and well worth the eff ort. Enjoy and happy birthday 2019 to all! Dissolve soda in butter- milk. Sift remaining dry in- gredients and add alternately with the buttermilk mixture. Add vanilla. Pour into two well-greased pans (round, 8-9”). Bake at 350° F. for about 35 minutes. Cool slightly and turn out onto a wax paper cov-ered wire rack. Combine cake mix, pud- ding mix, eggs, water and oil in large mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed for 2 min- utes. Pour into pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 25 min. Turn out on wire rack . Cool completely. BOILED FROSTING Set aside: 2 egg whites Moist, fl aked coconut Combine glaze ingredi- ents (should be thin) and drizzle over cooled cake. Serves 12 Th en mix in saucepan: 1/2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons water 1/4 cup light corn syrup GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE Cover saucepan; bring to rolling boil. Remove cover and cook to 242° or until syr- up spins a 6-8-inch thread. Just before syrup is ready, (in sepa-rate bowl) beat 2 egg whites until stiff enough to hold a point. Pour hot syrup very slow- ly in a thin stream into the CORA MAE’S BUTTERMILK CAKE beaten egg whites. Continue to beat until frosting holds 3/4 cup butter peaks. Blend in 1-teaspoon 1-3/4 cups sugar vanilla. 3 eggs Spread frosting thinly 1-1/2 cups buttermilk between cake layers. Swirl 1 teaspoon baking soda frosting onto cake and) 3 cups fl our 2 teaspoons baking pow- sprinkle thickly with moist, fl aked coconut. Serves 8-10 der Option: Spread strawber- 1/4 teaspoon salt ry jam between the cake lay- 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream butter and sugar ers and frost as above. together until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating LEMON SUPREME POUND CAKE • Cake: thoroughly aft er each addi- 1 Duncan Hines Lemon tion. Supreme Cake Mix 4 eggs ½ cup canola oil 1 cup water 1 small package instant lemon pudding mix • Glaze: 2 cups powdered sugar 4+ Tablespoons lemon juice Are you a Chamber Member? Ask us how you can become a member today! Contact Travis Palmer, Director of the Chamber of Commerce (541) 942-241 travis@cgchamber.com inch tube pan Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and fl our 10- • Cake: 1 package Duncan Hines Swiss Chocolate Deluxe Cake Mix • Frosting: 2/3 cup sugar 2/3 cup evaporated milk 2 egg yolks 1/3 cup shortening ½ teaspoon vanilla 1-1/3 cups fl aked coconut 1 cup chopped pecans Cake: Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare two 8 or 9” round layer pans. Follow instruc- tions on cake box and pour batter into the pans. Cook and cool as directed. Frosting: In the meantime, prepare the frosting. In a sauce pan, combine sugar, evaporated milk, egg yolks and shorten- ing. Cook and stir over medi- um heat until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Add vanilla, coconut and pecans. Beat until thick. Cool 15 minutes. Spread only between layers and top of cake. Serves 12 Contact Betty Kaiser’s Chatterbox at 942-1317 or email bchatty@bettykaiser. com 6 AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTIES weather forecast PRACTICING THE ART OF TRANSMISSION REPAIR SERVICE SINCE 1991 Manual & Automatic Transmission Repair Tune ups 30-60-90K Services Brakes, belts, hoses and cooling system services Muffl ers & Custom Exhaust All makes and models. THURSDAY FRIDAY 58° | 38° 54° | 37° Cloudy Cloudy SATURDAY SUNDAY 53° | 40° 51° | 38° Cloudy Rain MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE AFFORDABLY MONDAY TUESDAY 51° | 39° 51° | 41° WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN WE WORK IN “WE MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN!” www.automotivespecialties.biz Cloudy You have a benefits budget. We have a way to make it work. Call today (541) 942-0555. Pet tips ‘N’ tales By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” What the fl uff ? Cat yoga Cat yoga — Yes, you read that right! Everyone knows that cats and yoga go together so this idea is brilliant! Imagine an exercise class where you can butt heads with adoptable cats, have cute kitties walk under your downward dog, or a fl uff y tail swishes your face and tickles your nose making you giggle mid-plank. Greenhill Humane Society's (GHS) last Cat Yoga class was instructed by Eugene Yoga teacher, Valerie Morris — Yes, her real name, just like the famous Morris Th e Cat! You can’t plan this magic. Her gentle guidance was benefi cial for humans’ health while socializing cats. During class, felines roam, groom, and watch from on-high cat posts and recline on yoga mats snoopervizing and judging how humans stretch and do the cat pose. Th is inter-cat-ion and relaxing FUN-d raiser is total Zen! All class purr-ceeds go towards replacing the society’s 75 year old building improving the lives of homeless, abandoned and neglected animals. Greenhill is a non-profi t shelter and was built in 1944 and by all accounts was “falling apart.” Th eir new-half fi nished $5.6 million state of the art facility will continue assisting needy an- imals that travel through their doors. Last year, 2,176 animals where adopted: 701 dogs, 1,382 cats, 93 small animals. Th ey reunited 830 pets with their families - 729 dogs, 86 cats, 15 small animals, and spayed/neutered 2,522 pets. Foster families, 127 of them, cared for 776 animals and the society distributed 7 tons of pet food to families in need. Currently, their veterinarians travel to two diff erent shelters to treat animals. Th eir new clinic will cut costs while allowing the vets access to their supplies and medicines for treating ani- mals faster and more effi ciently. “Searching for a little feline motivation to exercise and strike a pose with a cat?” asked Megan, GHS’s spokes purr-son. “Yoga calms people and our bright-sunny cattery’s atmosphere helps COURTESY PHOTO BY BRIAN BULL/KLCC As it should be, humans doing the prayer yoga pose, pay- ing aumage to the leader of the cat kingdom, Muttons. Transmissions Plus & -day 5A Rain DUSTIN TULLAR & RUSS OWENS 541-942-8022 • COTTAGE GROVE HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON! PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove F ACEBOOK . COM /CGS ENTINEL our cats feel safe. Th e warm fuzzy environment helps people and felines center. Th e event opens our doors and creates a community feeling for new visitors to see what we are doing.” Megan explained that she doesn’t expect participants to adopt, but they might meet a kitty that a friend or family mem- ber can’t live without. Th ese events purr-mote our lovely kitties in a paws-itive en- ergy! "We are volunteer based and always looking for more help. Our shelter is run completely on donations and grants,” said Megan, sho added that they need short-term fostering for young or shelter-stressed pets. When an animal arrives with no purr-evious hiss-tory, the foster parent informs them of the feline’s true paws-sonality facilitating a faster adoption. “We also appreciate everyone who visits the shelter just to talk to and pet the animals. Let us know how you want to be involved,” said Megan. “Th e Yoga paw-ticipants have an hour of fun as cats roam the room, rubbing heads and bumping their bodies up against whichever human extremities are stretched within their range. Th ere is a lot of petting and laughter during class.” Some Yoga-ites comments were, “I accidently adopted a cat!“ “It was so much fun!” “What a blast!” “I plan on attending each class and going back for weekly cat petting therapy sessions for me!” “Th e Humane Society of Cottage Grove works with Green- hill,” said Janetta Overholser, president of H.S.C.G.. “Th ey take in our animals to rehome and we fully support this event.” Begin your New Year right! Meet new friends, have fun and come home with a kitty or happy cat fur on your yoga pants! Th e cattery has limited room for mats, stretching, visiting, pet- ting, meditation and catnaps so reserve early for their next fur- ry-fun events. Meow-Namaste! • Cat Yoga Classes Sunday: Jan. 13, March 10, May 12. BYO matt and purr-register at www.eugeneyoga.us 10 to 11 a.m. — Yoga 11 to 11:30 a.m. — Kitty Cuddle time. Price: $20. Proceeds go to GHS Location: 88530 Green Hill Rd., Eugene, Or. Humans must be 15 years and older. 2-7 Share your fun, amazing or crazing pet tips and tales at an- gelscribe@msn.com or Follow Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PetTipsandTales. Adopt loving pets online at www.PetFinder.com.