first recipe from the unlikeliest of suspects – classic cakes!

The first recipe, actually TWO recipes have just come in, and from THE most unlikeliest of suspects- my Dad, Richard. Dad sent along two recipes that he has adapted from The Joy of Cooking, 1964 edition. For as long as I remember Dad has been making these two cakes for Mom’s birthdays- Sponge Cake & Angel Food. Since today is Mom’s birthday, maybe that’s why he sent the recipe so quickly, perhaps he was in the kitchen baking – how fortuitous.

Dad likes to ice the cakes with a simple sugar icing flavored with orange or lemon juice and orange or lemon rind. He advised me that when I make mine, I should adjust for the altitude levels since I’ll be baking in Denver. He’s right – I’m not a baker, and my oven sucks, but in the words of Tim Gunn, I’ll “make it work.” (PS- If you ever have the good fortune to meet Eric, his Tim Gunn impression is SPOT ON). 

I’ll post the recipe once I get the formatting issues figured out! Oh, and Richard prefers the Sponge Cake over the Angel Cake,  in his words, it’s “less finicky.”

I’m posting a picture of Richard here that I found on the net when I googled him. So it’s already out there…