Chocolate Cake in Minutes . . .

Okay, it won't be baked in minutes but you can have this dessert in the oven quickly to bake while you go on with your other meal chores.

Chocolate Cake in Minutes
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water

Combine all the ingredient in a mixing bowl and whisk to form a smooth batter. Spread into an 8x8-inch baking pan and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for approximately 25 minutes or until top springs back when gently touched.

Ideas . . .
-Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce.
-Cool thoroughly and frost your your favorite homemade or store-bought icing.
-Scatter white and chocolate chips over the top of the cake when it comes out of the oven. When they melt, gently swirl to form a marbled icing.

St. Thomas More - Pray for us!

St. Thomas More

Patron of Religious Freedom

Pray for us!

St. Thomas More always stood with his Faith and God even in the face of sure death. He had a lawyer's mind and our Lord in his heart. His Catholic Faith came before politics without wavering. We certainly need a lawyer on our side during the Fortnight for Freedom as we face down the politicians and our president who would like to see us fall and are making every effort to distort
our religious freedoms for their own benefit.

Why bring up St. Thomas More today? It's his feast day and a reminder that all is not lost to those who put their faith in God and not man.

Event Locator for Fortnight for Freedom

http://www.catholicvote.org/index.php?/locator/step1

Great way to find out what is going on in your State/Diocese/Parish for the Fortnight for Freedom. We began the special prayer with our evening prayers and it was a poignant moment to realize that we lived in the United States of America that was founded on religious freedom yet were praying that we could keep our religious liberties.

I checked our parish and nothing is planned. I'm still looking for another avenue of participation but praying is always a good way to ask God's forgiveness and petition for our freedom of religion.

Perfect Explanation of Life!

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

- Stephen Vincent Benet