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Grandma Fern’s sour cream red chocolate cake made regular appearances at the end of Sunday dinners during my childhood. Mom liked to make it for 2 reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. It reminded her of the mother-in-law, Fern Stratton, who she dearly loved and who died at age 55.<\/li>\n
  2. It was easy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So easy, in fact, Mom taught me how to make it so I make it as my first 4-H project at age 10. It earned a blue ribbon.<\/p>\n

    We’re celebrating our oldest granddaughter’s 10th birthday this weekend. She requested chocolate cupcakes, so it seemed fitting to use a blue ribbon recipe. I made the cupcakes today. They appear rather plain in the photo above for good reason. I spent a good part of this morning hunting down this recipe and don’t want to lose it again. If I wait until after we get back from Wisconsin, where we’ll decorate them before her party, getting ready for Christmas may push my good intentions right out of my head.<\/p>\n

    Also, I found a card with the recipe written in Mom’s beautiful cursive and don’t want to wait another minute to share this bit of her with you.<\/p>\n

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    Doesn’t her writing take you back to elementary school penmanship practice? Mine never looked that good.<\/p>\n

    One final note: Because of my dairy allergy, I used Kite Hill’s dairy-free sour cream and no one could tell the difference between it and regular sour cream. Will wonders never cease!<\/p>\n

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