Sculpting the Heart's Poetry - Joyce White, Author

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Apple Rhubarb Cake 
  One of Joyce White's Favorite Cakes

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 Granny Smith apples
1 cup chopped rhubarb
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for greasing pan
1 egg
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2/3 cup half-and-half
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
WHIPPED CREAM:
1 cup whip cream
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon gram masala
1/2 cup confectioner sugar



Preheat the oven to 350°F. Toss together the sugars. Peel and core the apple, then slice each apple into 16 wedges. Combine the cinnamon and 1/3 cup of the sugar mixture in a medium bowl. Add the apple wedges and chopped rhubarb, and then toss to coat Using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and remaining sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and mix until combined. On low speed, add the flour and baking powder. Slowly add the half-and-half. Add apple and rhubarb then fold in well.
Butter a 9-inch spring form pan and coat with the breadcrumbs. Pour the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Bake until the center is golden brown, about 35-40 minutes. Let cool completely. Run a small offset spatula around the edge to release from pan and remove spring form.

To make whipped cream, place all ingredients in a bowl and whip to soft peaks.

Sculpting the Heart’s Poetry – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

This is Joyce White’s 4th Edition in Sculpting the Heart Series.  Her uncanny ability to create a poem from a painting or sculpture is quite amazing as well as different.  Reading her translations of life through her poetry became quite a journey for me as well as an eye-opener as I saw aspects of life through the eyes of another.

Here is my favorite (and is it oh so true)

Turning Into Mom

I hear my mom’s voice many
Mornings when I roll out of bed, her
Eyes looking back at me in the mirror,
Both of us crying a little,
It was our habit to refer back to
Minutes, weeks, months, or years gone
By, when forced to keep doing, as
Opposed to enjoying each other,
When we sat eye-to-eye, we were
Estranged, waiting for our bodies to
Stop hurting, and our minds to stop
Accusing and excusing,
But now that she is deceased, I try to
Simplify my twisted feelings by trying
To forgive and forget, and remember
Our anger at the world did not
Compromise our love.

2009
90 Pages
ISBN#  978-0-557-22371-8

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