I'm a relatively newly-awakened trans woman, out to myself just nine months ago at the age of 59. When I started to realize I was a woman, I found new resolve to lose weight; and I've lost over 100 lbs since March. I'm getting close to my goal, which means it won't be long before I can resume my passionate love affair with food.
I love to cook, but I don't have much experience at it. After several years of wishing, I finally learned how to make pizza; I thought it was going to be so hard, and it's so simple I could kick myself for having let my fear get the better of me for so long. I recently bought my first real food processor; it hasn't even arrived yet, but it will make fixing those veggies I've started adding to my omelets and baked potatoes so much easier to prepare.
As little as I know, I expect to do a lot of listening and not much posting of my own; but I wanted to announce myself and say I'm glad there's a section devoted to cooking. In gratitude, I want to share a recipe that I tend to make whenever I have to take food to a party; it's a very simple cake that usually gets great reviews. I found it in a home-brew church recipe book put together in the 1970s; recently, I found a few very similar recipes on the internet.
Grannie Bailey's Cake
Sift: 2 c. sugar
2 c. self-rising flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
Stir in: 2 eggs, 1 can crushed pineapple slightly drained. Pour into 9 x 13 greased pan. Pour over top 1/2 c. crumbled brown sugar, 1 c. chopped nuts. Bake 40-45 min. at 350°. While cake is baking mix glaze:
1 stick oleo [I always use butter]
1 c. evaporated milk
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Bring to boil & cook for 5 min. Cool. [I don't let it cool, so that it will seep into the cake rather than lie on top of it.] Pour over top of cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.