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The strength of temptation also comes from a tendency to push virtues to such an extreme that they become vices. For example, it is all too easy for the joy of eating to become gluttony, or for the blessing of rest to become sloth, or for the peace of quietness to become noncommunication, or for industriousness to become greed, or for liberty to be turned into an excuse for licentiousness. We all know what it’s like for pleasure to become sensuality, or for self-care to become selfishness, or for self-respect to become conceit, or for wise caution to become cynicism and unbelief, or for righteous anger to become unrighteous rage, or for the joy of sex to become immorality, or for conscientiousness to become perfectionism. The list could go on endlessly, but I think you get the point.

Sam Storms

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Apricot Brandy Pound Cake

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Dairy		Cakes, Desserts, Fruits, Bundt	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		-Lisa Crawley tspn00b
1	c	Butter; softened
3	c	Sugar
6		Eggs
8	oz	Sour cream
1/2	c	Apricot brandy
1	ts	Orange extract
1	ts	Vanilla
1/2	ts	Rum flavoring
1/4	ts	Almond extract
3	c	Flour
1/4	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at med. speed of an
electric mixer.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine sour cream and next 6 ingred. in a sm. bowl; stir with a wire
whisk.  Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; stir well. Add to creamed
mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with
flour mixture. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10" tube pan. Bake at
325 for 1 hr. and 45 min. or until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
Let cake cool in pan 10 min.; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a
wire rack.  Yield: One-10" cake.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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