Grammy’s Pound Cake February 10, 2008

As long as I can remember, my grandmother’s pound cake has been the center of all family gatherings- the good and the bad.  While picking up the rubble from the tumultous tornado that ripped through my family’s home, my grandmother decided to make her famous cake to restore our spirit and to bring happiness to the devastions of the storm.  The cake called for:  2 sticks of butter, 3 cups of cake flour (sifted), 2 cups of sugar, 6 eggs, 2 teaspoons of Vanilla extract, 1 cup of sour cream.  As I gathered them, I began thinking about the sweet taste of the cake; however, when I imagined the individual taste of each ingrediant, a very unpleasant, bitter taste came to my mouth.  The saltiness of the butter combined with the bitterness of the sour cream provide a very warm, sweet, moist taste to my Grammy’s cake.  Alone, the ingrediants do not provide a pleasant taste to my palate, but when they are mixed together, they bring a sweet, airy taste to my mouth and a smile to the soul of my family.