Name: Honey Cake with Rose Water for the Angels
Ingredients: 3 c All-purpose flour; 1 1/2 ts Baking powder; 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon; 1/2 ts Baking soda; 1 tb Instant coffee; 1/2 c Boiling water; 1/4 c Vegetable oil; 1 c Honey; 1 Orange, grated peel of; 2 ts Rose water; 4 Eggs; 1 c Sugar; 1 c Chopped walnuts

We have the mistaken notion that evangelism is a choreographed set of ideas well laid out, perfectly transitioned and flawlessly presented. Forget it. It’s not this way. Many of us have tried this with frustration. It is much better to think of evangelism the way the Bible does – “sowing the seed” in any way you can. Any of us can do that. Ever seen a weed grow in an otherwise barren parking lot? Somehow the seed got there and flourished. The simple word in the right place, or the tract well-placed might be the means God uses. Well-oiled presentations frustrate because there is no room for serious questions and discussion on the one hand, and it rules out the less verbal among us, on the other. Rejoice over even the smallest of advances! You are sowing the seed.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Grains			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	All-purpose flour
1 1/2	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Ground cinnamon
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1	tb	Instant coffee
1/2	c	Boiling water
1/4	c	Vegetable oil
1	c	Honey
1		Orange, grated peel of
2	ts	Rose water
4		Eggs
1	c	Sugar
1	c	Chopped walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS

Here is Jeff Smith's recipe for a birthday cake that may have been served
around the time of Jesus' birth.
Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and baking soda. Set aside.
Dissolve the instant coffee in the water in a mixing bowl. Blend in the
oil, honey, grated orange peel, and rose water and set aside. In a large
bowl, beat the eggs until frothy. Gradually add the sugar and beat for 1
minute. Add the honey mixture to the eggs and sugar. Add the flour mixture
to the egg mixture alternately with the dissolved coffee, starting and
ending with the dry ingredients. Stir in the nuts. Pour the batter into an
oiled and waxed paper-lined 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated 325
oven for about 50 minutes. Test for doneness.
Invert cake onto wire rack. Cool. Peel off the waxed paper and wrap in
aluminum foil to maintain freshness.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 17 Feb 97 by "Cole, Jim" <JCOLE@ASFSA.ORG> on Feb
18, 1997.

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