Happy Mother's Day!!
Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom
Originally I planned on making a Black Forest Cake, but later on came to realize that I had run out of whipped cream :( [So thats for another occasion] Nevertheless, we enjoyed it plain without any frills!!
Source - Vahchef
Ingredients -
Evaporated Milk 1/2 cup (I used fat free)
Powdered Sugar between 3/4 cup to 1 cup
Butter 1/4 cup
Oil 1/4 cup
Whole Wheat Flour 1 cup
All Purpose Flour 1/4 cup
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 1/4 cup
Baking Powder 1/2 Tbsp
Club Soda 1/2 cup (Coke, Pepsi or other aerated drinks can be used too I chose the plain soda)
Method Of Preparation -
Cream together evaporated milk, powdered sugar, butter and oil for a couple of minutes or more and keep aside.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 F and prepare a cookie tray by greasing it or lining a parchment paper. [Can be made in a 7 or 8 inch cake tin too!]
In another mixing bowl, sift whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and mix the above creamed liquid ingredients slowly until there are no lumps.
Finally add the carbonated water (club soda) and mix gently to get a smooth batter. Tap the cookie tray on the counter top to remove any unnecessary air bubbles in the batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared cookie tray and spread evenly.
Place the cookie tray in the center rack of the oven and bake it for 15 min.
Switch off the oven and leave the cookie tray for another 15 min.
Remove from the oven, let it cool, cut it, decorate it and enjoy however you want!!
I sprinkled some powdered sugar on the cake to decorate!
Preparation Time 10 min, Baking Time 15 min, Cooling in the oven 15 min
Makes a 13 X 9 X 1 inch sheet
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Beautiful poem and so true also..the cake looks gorgeous. Happy Mother's Day.
A perfect sponge cake! Love that it is egg less - Happy Mother's Day dear and that is a dear poem you've posted :)
Just drooling over that delicious cake,simply inviting..Happy Mother's day to u too..
Cake looks simply droolworthy. Happy Mother's day to you too.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Happy Mother's Day to u!
Cake looks delicious and inviting!!
tempting n yummy...looks droooooooolworthy..happy mothers day to u dear...
sanyukta
http://creativesanyukta.blogspot.com/
Cake looks so Soft...love it. I tried your Eggless strawberry cupcake, It turned out very well. Thanks for the recipe
Happy mother's day, wat a heart touching poem,loved it..
Eggless sponge chocolate cake looks simply marvellous..
Happy Mother's day Harini, cake looks very inviting and needless to say the poem too..:)
That is such an easy cake to make..will try soon and tell you how it came..you have such a wonderful blog...I am following your blog..
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Happy Mother's Day Harini!....Chocolate cake is a perfect way to celebrate!....the poem was too good!
Smitha
Smitha's Spicy Flavors
looks great!
very nice pics,recipe.
Just loved the poem.