Displaying a Christmas nativity scene is a long-standing tradition, but it can also present a bit of a skewed view of the actual events of Jesus’ birth. While each person depicted in a traditional nativity scene is a part of the Christmas story, not all the characters were present in one place on the night Jesus was born. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were in a stable that night due to the overcrowding in Bethlehem’s inn (Luke 2:7), but the Bible never mentions whether or not animals were present—in fact, it never even mentions a stable. The shepherds, once told of Jesus’ arrival, left their flocks to worship the newborn King (Luke 2:16). However, the angels, which are often part of nativity scenes, bore the good news to the shepherds in the fields (Luke 2:8–14). As far as we know, there were no angels flying visibly over the place where Jesus was when the shepherds arrived. In addition, the wise men (the Bible never says how many there were) were also probably not present that first night. The magi visited Jesus some time later, when He was in a house (Matthew 2:1–11).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Dairy		4qr	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Flour
1	tb	Cinnamon
1	tb	Bi-carbonate of soda
1/2	ts	Salt
3	c	Caster sugar
1 1/2	c	Canola oil
4		Eggs
1	tb	Essence
1 1/2	c	Walnuts; chopped
1 1/2	c	Desiccated coconut
1 1/3	c	Cook and pureed carrots
3/4	c	Drained crushed pineapple
1		250 gram pkt cream cheese
100	g	Unsalted butter
3	c	Icing sugar
1	ts	Canilla essence
1/2		Lemon; juice of

INSTRUCTIONS

CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING
1. Pre-heat oven to 180deg.C. Line two 23cm round cake tins with Glad
Bake. (see note)
2. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat
well. Fold in walnuts, coconuts, carrot puree and pineapple.
3. Pour batter into prepared tins (if any mixture is left over, cook
in muffin tins). Bake for 30-35 minutes, until edges have pulled away
from side of tin and a wooden skewer inserted in centre comes out
clean.
4. Cool on cake rack for 3 hours. Fill cake and cover sides with
Cream-Cheese Frosting.
Cream-Cheese Frosting:
1. Cream together cream cheese and butter. Slowly sift icing sugar and
continue beating until fully incorporated. Stir in vanilla and lemon
juice.
Note: Because this recipe makes a large mixture, it is also good to
make in muffin tins.
This recipe is taken from "The Silver Palate Cookbook" by Julee Rosso
and Sheila Lukins, published by Doubleday.
Converted by MC_Buster.
Per serving: 8670 Calories (kcal); 623g Total Fat; (63% calories from
fat); 127g Protein; 684g Carbohydrate; 1241mg Cholesterol; 2053mg
Sodium Food Exchanges: 20 1/2 Grain(Starch); 11 1/2 Lean Meat; 0
Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 117 1/2 Fat; 24 Other Carbohydrates
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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