Burnt Sugar Cake and Helicopters

From the day that we married Michael has asked me to find the recipe for Burnt Sugar Cake.  I have looked and looked and have been unable to find it.  It seems that his mother made this cake when he was a boy.  I know it is hard to think of Michael as a boy, but he was and he really wants this cake.  His sister has looked through his mother's recipes and no luck.

Well, the worm has turned.  Seems that while my mother was volunteering at a library she found in the throw away basket a cookbook.  The Mennonite Community Cookbook to be exact.  When she opened the book, it opened to a recipe for Burnt Sugar Cake!

Ready to Frost

The Final Touches

So Cynthia and Mom made the cake and Mom and I made the Brown Sugar Boiled Frosting....I can still taste it. 

Not to be left out Michael and Dad decided to play with Michael's new Remote Controlled Helicopter.  Trust me watching them was like watching two five year olds let loose in a candy store.  They both had grins from ear to ear.

Reading the directions was like reading the translation from Chinese for Mah Jongg.  They made no sense.  These were translated from Chinese also.  I think they used the same translator.

They actually read the directions

Then got a consultation

Possible lift off!

 It was a full afternoon.