Simple Recipe for a Complicated Cake
If I could bake a fruitcake,
I tell you what I do,
I toss out all the recipes
And bake one just for you.
The ingredients would be simple,
The final product you could eat
Or simply set aside some place
To revisit when you need a treat!
I would use a drop of grandma,
Maybe toss in a dash of an aunt.
Temper it with a memory of grandpa,
And toss in some happy dance.
I would fold in happy memories
Of time spent with those that you love,
Then frost it with the first snowflakes
You ever saw fall from above.
I would dress it with a smile,
And then serve it to you warm.
With a cup of cocoa to wash it down,
To help lessen the winter’s storms.
No I can’t bake a fruitcake.
But I assure you if I could.
I would bake it exactly to your liking,
As all fruitcake bakers should.
(For those who never see snow, substitute a rainbow. But be very careful not to over do. Rainbows tend to get a bit runny when used as icing.)
By Theresa S.
© 2005 Theresa S.
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