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Clarice Stroupe was born and raised in Fayetteville, worked downtown at First Citizens Bank for many years and attended Snyder Memorial Baptist Church. "She knew ever yone!" says Winifred Miller, her best friend and neighbor for over 40 years. Clarice baked cakes for ever yone and was especially known for her pound cake. Her cakes are lovingly remembered by the Miller family as a treat made with love for ever y Christmas and family birthday. She'd regularly walk down the hill from her home on Emeline Drive to Fairfield Road to deliver Mrs. Miller her cakes to ensure she had them on hand for any special occasion. We'll never know if she used those cakes as an excuse to visit or used the visits as an excuse to bake a cake. Clarice, now 93, resides in the Asheville Retirement Center and hasn't baked a cake since her 90th year. Over 25 years ago, Winnie asked for the recipe for the day that Clarice would no longer show up with her cakes in time for the Millers' beloved family celebrations. She keeps it safely tucked away in her recipe box and even made a copy for safekeeping but hasn't made it on her own yet for fear it could never match up to her friend's signature gift that was made with love across the street for so many years. – Kathr yn Kelly, Winnie Miller's granddaughter Cream together: 2 sticks butter (soft) 1 cup Crisco 2 ½ cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla Add 5 eggs (one at a time) 3 cups (Swan's Down Cake Flour) Alternating 1 cup Pet milk Bake 325 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes. Use tube pan. Seal it in foil before it cools, this makes it moist. Frosting 1 box confectioners sugar 1 8 oz. package of cream cheese Might have to add a little Pet milk to make it right the consistency. Make sure cake is cold before you frost. Hope it's good! POUND CAKE F amily Recipes FROM CITY VIEW READERS When I opened my recipe box (which I have not done recently), I found four of my family's favorites which I made almost ever y holiday when our daughters were growing up. When my father-in-law passed away in 197 7, I started having the Thanksgiving and Christmas lunches/dinners at our house with my mother-in-law and my husband Frank's aunts! When all of them passed, my daughter Lynne began having these at her home because we "downsized" - now she has her own family including our first great-grandchild! I never rewrote the recipes because they were so precious to me! - Judy Dawkins SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE 6 tablespoons Butter 3 eggs (beaten) ¾ cup sugar ½ cup pecans ½ cup milk ½ tsp vanilla Pour into 1 ½ quart casserole. Topping: ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup flour 1 cup nuts 1/3 stuck butter, melted Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. CityViewNC .com | 31

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