Bake Sale

[mnjrutherford]

Greetings and Salutations.

I'm having some difficulty putting this out here. My Robby had to get braces. We can't afford it. We need money.

I make something called "Pan Forte". A few people on the board have tried it. I use it as a "disguise" for overseas packages as much as possible. Works pretty well so far.

Pan Forte (Strong Bread) was developed centuries ago and used as "traveling food" for the Crusaders. It is nutrient dense, relatively light weight given the nutritional value, has no refined sugars (all sugars come from honey and dried fruit), no sodium, and an amazingly long shelf life. I was still serving the last of the cakes I made in October when January rolled around. It is the ancient relative of our modern fruit cakes.

I am asking $25 per 9" cake. The ingredients are:
A wafer which is similar to an ice cream cone
butter to grease the pan (I can use olive oil if you have issues with this)
almonds
honey (our own or from a local friend of ours)
craisins
raisins
dried cherries (OR, if you like, apricots or prunes)
wheat flour
spice blend

The cost includes shipping within the US via USPS Flat Rate small parcel.

Please PM me if you would like to place an order.

Prayers and positive thoughts are also very much appreciated. Thank you.

[mnjrutherford]

I'm afraid I've hit a small snag in my efforts to mail these things. I ASSUMED ( ) that I could cut a cake in half, wrap it up, and fit it into a small flat rate box. Nope, that won't work. Much to thick. SO, I need to get medium boxes OR regional rate boxes. Sorry!! =o(

[steev]

I'm sure the Crusaders probably shipped it in silver-chased caskets; got any?

[mnjrutherford]

No, but Costco sells a "Josephine" casket for a mere $2,000... Maybe that could be a solution? LOL Meanwhile, in my attempts to get the deed done yesterday a cake got to got to 2 banks, the post office, the park, and a couple other places round town. Yep, sometimes my life goes beyond the boundaries of "entertaining".

[steev]

I have often thought a split-lid casket, unlined, would make a great barbecue; lift up the foot lid to feed the coals; lift up the head lid to deal with the 'cue. Even the concept is good: in the long run, we're dead meat; enjoy life while we can.

[mnjrutherford]

Ya know, that really isn't a half bad idea for a spit que.... It would collapse for storage, lift the lid and load the spit, add a little motor or a treadmill goodie for turning... I like it!