Name: Wild Rice Cake
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour; 2 c Packed brown sugar; 3/4 c Butter, softened; 1 c Buttermilk; 1 ts Baking powder; 1 ts Baking soda; 1 ts Vanilla; 1/2 ts Salt; 1/2 ts Ground nutmeg; 1/2 ts Maple flavoring; 3 Eggs; 2 c Cooked wild rice, well drained; 2 c Chopped nuts, toasted

In Romans 3:23 we read, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Everyone experiences guilt because everyone is guilty of violating God’s law. James 2:10 says, “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.” Everyone deserves God’s just condemnation in hell. But God in His love and mercy sent us a Redeemer. He sent us One that would take our sins upon Himself. He sent us Jesus Christ. And after receiving our sins, the Father spent His wrath upon Him. The punishment for all our sins was received by Him. Thus with the penalty of sin now taken away for those in Christ, we can receive a full pardon for our sins. Remove our sins from God’s presence in Christ and naturally you remove the guilt as well.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Grains		Cakes	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
2	c	Packed brown sugar
3/4	c	Butter, softened
1	c	Buttermilk
1	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Vanilla
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Ground nutmeg
1/2	ts	Maple flavoring
3		Eggs
2	c	Cooked wild rice, well drained
2	c	Chopped nuts, toasted

INSTRUCTIONS

Move oven rack to lowest position.  Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously
grease and flour 12-cup bundt cake pan or tube pan, 10 x 4 inches. Beat all
ingredients except wild rice and nuts in large bowl on low speed 30
seconds, scraping bowl constantly.  Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping
bowl occasionally. Stir in wild rice and nuts. Pour into pan. Bake 55 to 60
minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20
minutes; remove from pan.  Cool completely. Serve with Maple Whipped Cream
(follows).

A Message from our Provider:

“Down in the mouth? It’s time for a faith lift”

Jacob is about to enter the Promised Land. He will be one of the venerated Patriarchs of the faith. But before Jacob can become Israel, the man must be broken. Jacob needs to learn that his life is to be one of continual striving with God, but doing it with full dependence on God. He will learn that with God there is a continual heat from the refiner’s fire, but through the adversity there is an unspeakable joy in the journey. And though God probably won’t be wrestling with any of us physically like He did with Jacob, there is a continual tension of finding our greatest peace when we are most intimate in close communion with God. At times we struggle, but in the pain we learn to submit to His will, allow Him to expose our defects, yield to the wounds He creates and then trust Him that the pain is for our greatest good as the “old man” is further put to death. If we act in the flesh and run away or defend ourselves or blame others or whine and complain, we’ll never experience this. As creatures so prone to follow our selfish instincts, there is a serenity that comes when God wrestles us to the ground, breaks us further of our pride and reminds us that our sufficiency is only in Him.

Randy Smith