My sister-in-law gave me this recipe, and I don’t know where she got it. So if I’m violating anyone’s copyright, I apologize in advance. Anyway, this cake is the one I usually make for Valentine’s Day because it’s pink. It’s also very, very rich.

Strawberry Cake

Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix
1 box strawberry jello
1/2 cup water
1 cup oil
3 Tablespoons flour
4 eggs
1/2 (10 oz) pkg. frozen strawberries
Topping;
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 pkg. frozen strawberries
1 stick melted margarine

Directions:
Mix together cake ingredients. Bake in layers or in 13 x 9 inch pan. Makes a large heavy-bodied cake. Bake at 350 degrees until done. While baking make topping. Mix together topping ingredients and pour over cake while still warm.

I’ve been reading a book about Anne Bradstreet, the Puritan poet. The book is Beyond Stateliest Marble: The Passionate Femininity of Anne Bradstreet by Douglas Wilson. I plan to send a copy of this poem to Engineer Husband tomorrow:

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence.
Thy love is such I can no way repay.
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let’s so persever
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

Finally, you can go to Whit’s End with your children (as long as the link is still good) to hear today’s’s radio program (Adventures in Odyssey) about the history of St. Valentine and Valentine’s Day.