Long way back long .. long .. long time ago… i’ve been dreaming of baking a cake.!  At a time, I can’t coz I got no oven.  Oven came… still haven’t have the guts to try.  Already got a book for baking, etc… collected more recipes for cakes….  But still hindered by the simple dumb thought that the cake might not rise!  Ok..someday when I have the real time to digest all these baking terms I’m encountering! … or…mmaybe waiting for the price of eggs to come down?     For many years this dream of baking a cake is just as elusive as my dream of harvesting a tomato from my own garden!    Then, one day I got a better  and bigger oven in Davao.  My thought became delirious that at last!  I really can bake now!  Plus, I have  the time ‘coz I now became a plain housewife.  I can’t remember the occasion at that time when I bravely followed Nora Daza’s Chocolate chiffon cake.  And yes, a part is as soft as marsmallow, while some  other parts have the texture of a monay!  Though became undesirable to humans,  my ever loyal pets had showed their unending support by  licking the last crumb into their mouth.  Owww…. Aren’t they sweet?    And yes!  That was  my first and last try!   That day.. my admiration to those cake bakers rose up to the sky!  I say…my gosh!  they’re genius! How did they do it?

Though I was traumatized by my first try, it didn’t stopped me to include them in collecting recipes…. and continue nurturing my desire.   Then at last, this Christmas, Santa found his way by our doorstep and handed me a new oven!  and my  fairy godmother lent me her  magic wand  just in case.   Yah.  The added years to my age made me confident.   I prepared carefully all my ingredients… putting them in a platter or bowl individually just like I saw in the TV…    and ok.!  All is set.

But guys… before I did the mixing and adding….  this time, i did not commit the same mistake  I did during my first trial.  This time… I prayed.   I offered my   preparation to the Lord and  ask Mama Mary to guide my hands.   And she did!    And after  more than 10 years….. I can say HURRAY!!!!!  For I baked perfectly my own chiffon cake!  Both  orange and chocolate!   And you know what it means?  … now, I too became a genius! ..can’t believe it… My gosh!!!      And I will tell you the secret…   ‘ I’ve learned to know how to correct my first mistake, when I joined the Couples For Christ. Thanks to this community for teaching me so much simple…but nurturing facts of  life…’ ’   

What happened to my other elusive tomato dream?   I’ll tell you soon….