For bridal showers, I give a recipe box with this recipe that I have written out by hand…

A Happy Home Recipe

“Ingredients”

4 cups of Love

2 cups of Loyalty

3 cups Forgiveness

1 cup Friendship

5 spoons of Hope

2 spoons of Tenderness

4 quarts of Faith

1 barrel of Laughter

“Preparation”

Take Love and Loyalty, mix them thoroughly with Faith.  Blend it with Tenderness, Kindness and Understanding.  Add Friendship and Hope, sprinkle abundantly with Laughter.  Bake it with Sunshine.  Serve daily with generous helpings.

At one of my bridal showers, I was given a recipe box that was filled with “the best” handwritten recipes from everyone attending.  (I have to say, going through those recipes brings back memories of the people that wrote them – many gone now – some of my BEST recipes came from this box.)

This recipe was in my box…

Home Happiness Cake

1 cup Common Sense

1 1/2 cups Love, sifted with

1 1/2 teaspoons Mutual Confidence

1/2 cup Justice

Add:

2 large portions of Sense of Humor, beaten separately.  Spice to taste with Fun and Nonsense.  Bake in moderate oven of Warm Approval.  Ice with Generous Appreciation.

(For only two cooks in the kitchen!)

That's one of my favorite recipes – it works great!