Baby Boomer Talk

Baby Boomers: Do You Have a Travel System?

Georgene — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:37:02 +0000

Do you have a travel system? Every time my husband and I go on a cruise, we bring out the packing list just a few days before the trip and start packing, just like most people do. After packing all … Continue reading →

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Baby Boomer News of the Week: Hallowe’en edition

Georgene — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:53:46 +0000

News for Baby Boomers Hallowe’en edition! News of Sandy has pretty much dominated the news this week, and rightly so. The subways of New York are going to be a thorn in the side of many, including baby boomers. And … Continue reading →

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Baby Boomer News of the Week October 15th Edition

Georgene — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:27:43 +0000

Sometimes I have to remind myself how old I am. Do you? This quote struck my fancy today, because I certainly qualify in the wrinkles department! “Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.” ― Mark Twain And here’s … Continue reading →

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Obamacare: Don’t Understand It? You Are Not Alone! (Review)

Georgene — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:32:18 +0000

Obamacare: What do you know about it? Is it a mystery to you, with all 2,800 pages that nobody can really manage to get through? Have you found it already implemented to some degree in your life, and has it … Continue reading →

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Sixties Recipes – Remember These?

Georgene — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:46:33 +0000

I'm so excited! (And now you are about to find out how easy it is to get me excited!) I have been working for some time on publishing a collection of recipes that I remember from when I was a child. These are gooooooooood recipes - the kind you go back to over and over again, and (sometimes) the kind your doctor fusses at you about! But what's really exciting is that I have found a couple of new plugins that are going to make entering these types of recipes much easier. One plugin makes it easier to format and insert recipes....and the other makes it easier to format and insert pictures! It's all good! I thought - in order to test out the plugins and (incidentally) give you a sample of the recipe collection - I'd share one of my favorite cakes when I was a kid. This one was shared with me by my Home Economics teacher (you do remember Home Ec, right?) The great feature of this recipe is that you mix it all up in a pan - no beaters, no bowl, nothing gets dirty but a fork (and since it has no eggs, you can lick the fork - I won't tell!).

Wacky Cake

Recipe Type: Dessert, Quick and Easy

Author: Georgene

Prep time: 30 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 1 hour

Serves: 12

This cake is one of those strange cakes that, I believe, was dreamed up by smart cooks during World War II, hence the name “Wacky Cake.” Because many staple items (like eggs) were in short supply, resourceful cooks learned to bake without them. You will enjoy this delicious, eggless cake.

Ingredients

For the Cake:
1½ C. flour
1 C. sugar
3 T. cocoa powder
1 t. baking soda
½ t. salt
6 T. vegetable oil
1 T. vinegar
1 t. vanilla
1 C. cold water
For the Frosting:
1 stick butter
4 T. cocoa
1 lb. confectioner’s sugar
1/3 C. milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 C. pecans, chopped

Instructions

For the Cake:

Preheat oven to 350°.
Sift the dry ingredients together into a greased 8 X 8 inch baking pan. With the back of a spoon, make three depressions in the dry ingredients.
Pour the vegetable oil into the first depression, the vinegar into the second depression, and the vanilla into the third depression. Carefully pour the water over the entire contents of the pan. Stir well with a fork, but don’t beat it – just stir. Make sure you have stirred in all the dry ingredients, and that the wet ingredients are well incorporated into the mixture.
Bake for 30 minutes, watching carefully, or until the cake tests done.

For the Frosting:

Place all ingredients except vanilla into a heavy-bottomed pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Be sure to stir continually.
Boil for one minute, stirring to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Remove from heat and allow to cool normally to room temperature and stir in the vanilla.
Pour over the Wacky Cake. It will be soft and runny, but oh-so-delicious.
Sprinkle with pecans.
You can place the entire thing in the refrigerator if you want it a little stiffer. I myself prefer the frosting to be soft and just slightly runny.

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Considering Plastic Surgery? Be sure to check out your doctor!

Georgene — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:07:35 +0000

Are you considering plastic surgery? As our generation gets older and the skin starts to do the inevitable, even if we haven’t gained or lost a lot of weight, the signs of aging eventually show up. There are the wrinkles, … Continue reading →

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Cruising – Just for Old Folks?

Georgene — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:30:38 +0000

(Author’s note: I am currently cruising around in the Caribbean, and so my internet access is spotty enough – and expensive enough – that it’s a challenge just to get a blog post up. Pictures are out of the question, … Continue reading →

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High School Reunion Time – Did You Go?

Georgene — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:00:47 +0000

I just got back from my 45th Year High School Reunion, the Class of ’67. It’s only the third reunion I’ve been to. I went to the 10th, but not the 20th or 30th. When 40 rolled around, I had … Continue reading →

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My Electric Pressure Cooker is Great for Making Jam!

Georgene — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:10:42 +0000

I can assure you that when I got up this morning, I had absolutely no plans to make strawberry jam, nor did I even think about pulling out my electric pressure cooker. I already had a full plate of items … Continue reading →

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Giving Up the Car Keys Can Be a Difficult Step

Georgene — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:50:03 +0000

Many boomers find themselves contending with one of the most distressing problems they will ever have during this time of their lives, and that is helping their parents understand that they soon will be giving up the car keys and … Continue reading →

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