i was worried his chrysalis was going to get knocked off the planter by the intense rain but he made it and it was a lovely surprise to find him drying out as i left for work :-) been watching a group of them on one of my dill plants outside the last little bit and hoping i'd get to see at least one of them hatch
it's a really tasty spiced loaf cake that my mom's family has been making for decades, the recipe was my great-grandma's and i have no idea where she got it from. her recipe doesn't include egg but the version my mom wrote out for my personal recipe stash has 1 egg and that's always how we've made it.
1/3 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 can condensed tomato soup, 10oz
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup raisins
1 well-beaten egg
1/2 teaspoon cloves
•preheat oven to 325°
•cream butter and sugar
•dissolve baking soda in the tomato soup and add to the creamed butter and sugar
•add flour sifted with spices to the butter and sugar, then add in egg and raisins and mix well
• bake 1hr