Time for monthly poetry group.
Though poetry my butt does whoop,
each month I try in an endless loop.
Does that make me a nincompoop?
We joined together again, the team,
Hearts were chosen as this month's theme.
I'll lose no readers, that's my dream,
I present my poem, try not to scream . . .
Hearts and Flowers
Valentine's Day's around the corner,
no, don't roll your eyes.
hearts and flowers, don't be a scorner,
Joey did, he's now more wise.
Joey was a purist,
not buying into gestures,
then he became a jurist,
one that the judge sequesters.
"Love's about holding your hand,
being present in your life.
That is all that I have planned,"
he'd lovingly told his wife.
Expressing love, he thought with vim,
does not require money.
Then court took away from him,
Valentine's Day with his honey.
Sequestered in his hotel that night,
no cards mailed nor flowers sent.
Then and there he saw the light,
Expressions have been money well spent.
Subsequent years he'd prep for hours,
gestures no longer felt fake.
Candy and wine and hearts and flowers,
Why, he even learned to bake.
no, don't roll your eyes.
hearts and flowers, don't be a scorner,
Joey did, he's now more wise.
Joey was a purist,
not buying into gestures,
then he became a jurist,
one that the judge sequesters.
"Love's about holding your hand,
being present in your life.
That is all that I have planned,"
he'd lovingly told his wife.
Expressing love, he thought with vim,
does not require money.
Then court took away from him,
Valentine's Day with his honey.
Sequestered in his hotel that night,
no cards mailed nor flowers sent.
Then and there he saw the light,
Expressions have been money well spent.
Subsequent years he'd prep for hours,
gestures no longer felt fake.
Candy and wine and hearts and flowers,
Why, he even learned to bake.
Cinnamon Red Hot Cake
Before you go, click on these links to more poetry from some of my friends:
Dawn of Cognitive Script shares My Heart My Gift.
Jules of The Bergham Chronicles shares Hearts Heal.
Lydia of Cluttered Genius shares 6 Hearts.
Diane of On the Border shares My Hearts.
Dawn of Cognitive Script shares My Heart My Gift.
Jules of The Bergham Chronicles shares Hearts Heal.
Lydia of Cluttered Genius shares 6 Hearts.
Diane of On the Border shares My Hearts.
Cinnamon Red Hot Cake
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Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix and ingredients specified on the box minus 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps, Fireball Whiskey or a cinnamon flavored liqueur
1 tsp cinnamon
2 TBSP red colored sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 TBSP Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps, Fireball Whiskey or a cinnamon flavored liqueur
1/4 cup Red Hots candies for decoration
Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
*Prepare the cake batter according to the directions but in place of 1/4 cup of the water, use 1/4 cup cinnamon liqueur and add 1 tsp cinnamon. Once prepared, fold in 2 TBSP red colored sugar. Pour into prepared bundt pan.
*Bake according to package directions, approximately 34 minutes, just until the center springs back to the touch. Cool in the bundt pan for 10 minutes.
*Run a knife around the cake, then invert onto a serving plate. Cool completely.
*Whisk the powdered sugar with the remaining cinnamon liqueur. Add water, 1 TBSP at a time, until the topping reaches a drizzling consistency. Drizzle onto the cooled cake. Sprinkle Red Hot candies over the top for decoration.
1 box yellow cake mix and ingredients specified on the box minus 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps, Fireball Whiskey or a cinnamon flavored liqueur
1 tsp cinnamon
2 TBSP red colored sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 TBSP Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps, Fireball Whiskey or a cinnamon flavored liqueur
1/4 cup Red Hots candies for decoration
Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
*Prepare the cake batter according to the directions but in place of 1/4 cup of the water, use 1/4 cup cinnamon liqueur and add 1 tsp cinnamon. Once prepared, fold in 2 TBSP red colored sugar. Pour into prepared bundt pan.
*Bake according to package directions, approximately 34 minutes, just until the center springs back to the touch. Cool in the bundt pan for 10 minutes.
*Run a knife around the cake, then invert onto a serving plate. Cool completely.
*Whisk the powdered sugar with the remaining cinnamon liqueur. Add water, 1 TBSP at a time, until the topping reaches a drizzling consistency. Drizzle onto the cooled cake. Sprinkle Red Hot candies over the top for decoration.
ooh that cake looks yummy! Joey saw the light!! Good for him.
ReplyDeleteYes, Joey did a great job baking, LOL!
DeleteHaha...very cute. And the recipe looks terrific!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lisa.
DeleteAdotable! Way to go Joey! Lessons very well learned!
ReplyDeleteAt least he was willing to learn it!
DeleteOhhh, Joey learned an extremely valuable lesson! :)
ReplyDeleteAND he learned how to bake!
DeleteOh so nice, learning is good
ReplyDeleteWe should never stop.
DeleteYUM! There will only be two of us for a Valentine's Day celebration, so that cake is too big. (Alas, I have no willpower, so even if I froze the leftovers I'd still eat it.)
ReplyDeleteYou can always share with the neighbors.
DeleteI have a sensitivity (not quite an allergy) to cinnamon, but I would still be tempted to try this cake - without the glaze (don't ask but I don't like cake glaze - never had) or the red hots. That, I fear, would create cinnamon overload.
ReplyDeleteFunny, some of us in my house love the red hots, others take them off. They aren't in the cake though so it's easy just to remove them if they're not your thing.
DeleteI always love your poetry. This cake looks amazing!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. For both!
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