Damon followed, slightly unsteady on his feet. That perplexed me a little as he had not ordered alcohol with dinner.
“Are you okay?” I asked quietly, not wanting Matilda and Eleanor to burst from the house and ruin the moment as they usually did.
“You make me dizzy,” he replied.
I felt my heart stop. Damon stepped forward and took me into his arms. He smelled warm and masculine, with a hint of some familiar, nostalgic spice, like cinnamon. Or maybe cloves. I didn’t feel in control of my senses anymore. I felt like a flustered schoolgirl.
“May I kiss you?” Damon asked.
“Detective, I thought you would ever ask.”
And so I stood in Damon McCloud’s arms, kissing him as though we were in Paris, France, beneath the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower. Of course, we were actually in Lancaster, Pennsylvania—but if Matilda or Eleanor had told this to either of us, we would never have believed them. Not right now. Not as we stood there in each other’s arms, home at last.
Amish Recipe
Amish Funny Cake Pie
The chocolate layer sinks to the bottom, hence the name, Cake Pie—it’s a combination cake + pie!
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell
Cake Layer (Top Part)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 beaten egg
1/4 cup cold salted butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar.
Whisk egg and milk.
Mix flour and baking powder.
Add the combined egg and milk alternately with flour and baking powder.
Stir in vanilla.
Set aside until Chocolate Layer is prepared.
Chocolate Layer (Lower Part)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Combine sugar, water, cocoa, and vanilla. Pour into the unbaked pie shell. Pour the cake later over the top.
Bake for 35 - 40 minutes.
Cool pie on wire pack.
Enjoy!
Amish Recipe
Amish Bible Cake
The Amish Bible Cake is also known as Old Testament Cake and Scripture Cake, as every ingredient is said to be mentioned in the Old Testament.
The ingredients and Scriptures attached to each ingredient do vary between Plain communities and have varied over time.
1/2 cup water Genesis 24:11
1/2 cup almonds Genesis 43:11
2 teaspoons baking powder Exodus 12:15
Cinnamon Exodus 30:23
Spices 1 King 10:10
1/2 teaspoon salt Leviticus 2:13
1/2 cup butter Judges 5:25
1 cup figs I Samuel 30:12
1 cup raisins I Samuel 30:12
2 cups flour I Kings 4:22
3 large eggs Isaiah 10:14
1 1/2 cups sugar Jeremiah 6:20
1 tablespoon honey Proverbs 24:13
3 tablespoons milk Judges 4:19
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Butter and flour a cake pan.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add spices and salt.
Separate egg yolks from whites.
Beat egg yolks and add to the mixture.
Sift baking powder with flour and fold in.
Add water and honey.
Place fruit and nuts in a food blender to break down well, then fold into the mixture.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour into cake pan and sprinkle sugar on top.
Bake for 60 minutes.
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An Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery Book 5
An Instant Confection
Jane Delight is looking for a fresh start, and believes her new home will dough the trick. But as a batter of fact, her mischievous cat, Mr. Crumbles, has found a body beneath the floorboards in the bread of night!
Jane's eccentric housemates, octogenarians Matilda and Eleanor, are all done and crusted with mayhem, but will stop at nothing to help Jane. Joining the trio is dishy detective Damon McCloud, who is determined to see that the murderer gets his just desserts before he can make a bake for it.
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About Ruth Hartzler
USA Today best-selling author Ruth Hartzler spends her days writing, walking her dog, and thinking of ways to murder somebody. That's because Ruth writes cozy mysteries and thrillers.
She is best known for her archaeological adventures, for which she relies upon her former career as a college professor of ancient languages and Biblical history.
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