A visit home wouldn't be the same without Karen's cats. Above is Charlie, the homeless fellow who adopted my sister and her family. He is quite content here, but stays clear of Cinder (photo below), their younger wilder kitten. She likes to jump on Charlie's back. But then, I think he gets her back by eating her food.
Cinder is a skittish cat...she is very nervous of new people. It took her two days to come out of hiding after I arrived. I coaxed her with treats.
Karen found an old Newfoundland recipe book amongst my mother's things and brought it home. She and Melanie decided to surprise my mom with a blueberry meringue cake--the recipe had a sort of check mark beside it. Mom didn't remember the recipe or having ever eaten a cake like this but she did like the cake.
The cake is plain, the meringue is sweet and holds the blueberries. The recipe follows but Melanie doubled it to get a cake this size. (You can use any all purpose flour) I did not eat any of the cake, I am dieting but I did sample a teaspoon of the meringue...it was very good!
The recipe is called Blueberry Squares, but to me, squares are chewy little things like brownies or coconut gooey sweet things you find at showers and church socials. To me, this is cake. Not layer cake, just good family cake that you serve from the cake pan! So I rename this recipe Blueberry Meringue Cake.
Melanie (my niece) asking her mom (Karen, my sister) if she thought the cake in the oven was done. I miss doing things like that and it is nice to see it again.
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