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
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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
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Chatterbox at 942-1317 or
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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
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As it should be, humans doing the prayer yoga pose, pay-
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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
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