Chi-chi’s Sweet Spanish Corn Cake

For the Christian, joy is a deep-seated belief of the heart that trusts God regardless of the circumstances. It’s connected to faith knowing that He is in control and working everything in your life for good. It’s knowing that He always loves you. It’s knowing that this life is short, and thanks to the work of Christ, you will be with Him for all of eternity. It’s knowing that even your worst times are under the sovereign dominion of God, producing in you your greatest goal – Christlikeness. Therefore, the pursuit of joy in Christ is commanded in the Bible. It’s even produced in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our greatest joy will always be in Christ. And when we reach this pinnacle, God will be most glorified in us.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Spanish	Copycat, Quickbreads	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Butter or margarine
		softened
1/3	c	Masa Harina
1/4	c	Water
1		Frozen corn, 10oz thawed
1/3	c	Sugar
3	T	Yellow cornmeal
2	T	Whipping cream
1/4	t	Baking powder
1/4	t	Salt
		Sliced chili peppers
		Chopped parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

With an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine until fluffy.
Gradually beat in masa harina. On low speed beat in water. Place corn
in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until chopped coarse. Stir
in masa mixture. In a small bowl, stir together sugar, cornmeal,
cream, baking powder, and salt. Stir into corn mixture. Spread in a
greased, 8-inch square baking pan. Cover with foil. Place in a larger
pan and pour boiling water half way up the side of the smaller pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until set. Remove smaller pan
from water, uncover, and let stand 15 minutes. Sprinkle with chilies
and parsley.  Recipe by: Chi-Chi's Restaurants  Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest by Aquasea221@aol.com on Feb 3, 1998

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“All suffering can be traced back to people disobeying God”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 178 Calories From Fat: 116 Total Fat: 13.2g Cholesterol: 35.6mg Sodium: 148.8mg Potassium: 44mg Carbohydrates: 15g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 8.3g Protein: <1g

Does it pass the “Good Test”? Philippians 4:8, “Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” So, when you consider your belief about a particular issue is it true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent and worthy of praise? Does it pass the “Love Test”? 1 Corinthians 16:14, “Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 13:2, “But do not have love, I am nothing.” As much I would like to do so, probably not a good idea to blast music at my neighbor’s home this morning to get them back for their loud party that when until 3 am. Does it pass the “Conscience Test”? 1 Timothy 1:19, “Keeping faith and a good conscience.” There is so much in Scripture about being careful to never violate our conscience. For example, everyone in the church can talk about watching a certain movie, but if you begin watching it and you begin feeling spiritually uncomfortable, regardless of how innocent the movie many be intended, you must not go against your personal conscience because the more you compromise your personal conscience, the more you will sear the spiritual sensitivity of your heart. Does it pass the “Profitable Test”? This means, just because something is not expressly commanded or forbidden in Scripture, it does not mean that action is necessarily profitable for your walk with Christ. We avoid legalism, but we also avoid the “can’t find anything against it in the Bible” to support all our decisions. 1 Corinthians 6:12, “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” And 1 Corinthians 10:23, “All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.”

Randy Smith