Mom never baked bread until later in life when she got a bread maker, but cakes and pies and cookies, oh my! She even made cream puffs and other delicacies for us. Christmas was our favorite time in the kitchen, making mincemeat filled cookies, spice cookies, and the most delicate sandies, among others. When each of my brothers married, we were charged with teaching them to make Shoo-fly pie, too. Birthdays were an occasion for us to select the menu and she would always make me a devil's food cake with green cream cheese frosting - not matter what anyone said! Thanks for bringing up this topic - there are some very happy memories there.

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