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Page 30 3, 2, 1 CAKE Recipe These individual little cakes are amazing and ready to eat in one min- ute! They are perfect for whenever you feel like a treat without all the fat and calories that cake can have. Genius idea! Great for RVers! INGREDIENTS: 1 box Angel Food Cake Mix 1 box Cake Mix - Any Flavor 2 Tbsp Water Makes 1 serving. DIRECTIONS: In a Ziploc bag, com- bine the two cake mixes together and mix well. For each individual cake serving, take out 3 Tablespoons of the cake mix combination and mix it with 2 Tablespoons of water in a small microwave-safe container. Microwave on high for 1 minute, and you have your own instant individual little cake! KEEP remaining cake mixture stored in the Ziploc bag and use whenever you feel like a treat! You can top each cake with a dollop of fat free whipped topping and/or some fresh fruit. www.DesertMessenger.com HELPFUL TIPS: This recipe is called 3, 2, 1 Cake because all you need to remember is "3 tablespoons mix, 2 tablespoons water, 1 minute in the microwave!" TRY various flavors of cake mix like carrot, red velvet, pineapple, lemon, orange, etc. Just remember that one of the mixes has to be the angel food mix; the other is your choice. The flavor possibilities are endless! NOTES: The best thing is, you open both cake mixes into a gallon storage bag, one that 'zip locks' or 'self-seals', or a container that seals tightly, shake the two cake mixes to blend and then make the recipe. Storage of mix is simple, put it on a shelf. No need to refrigerate, since the mix is dry. Always remember, that one of the cake mixes MUST be Angel Food. The other can be any flavor. The Angel Food is the cake mix that has the eggs whites in it. So, if, anyone is allergic to egg whites, you can NOT serve this recipe. NOTE: Write the recipe on the bag or write it on a small index card and drop it into the bag for later reference. Also a good idea if you have kids that want a snack, but you don't want to bake a whole cake. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver It was American humorist, writer and television host Sam Levenson who related the following remem- brance: "It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoul- der and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'" The Associated Press recently reported on a kind act gone terribly awry. An Israeli woman surprised her mother by having her old mattress hauled away and replacing it with a brand-new one. When the mother returned home and discovered what had happened, she was terribly distraught. It seems the woman had been hiding money in the old mat- tress for years -- about $1 million. According to a survey conducted in 2008, 15 percent of American men spend more than an hour in the bath- room every day. Unsurprisingly, the number of women who spend that long in the bathroom is much higher, at 38 percent. March 21, 2012 It's been reported that whenever he traveled, French philosopher, math- ematician, scientist and writer Rene Descartes brought with him a doll named after his daughter, Francine. The most common surname in the United States is Smith, followed, in order, by Johnson, Williams and Jones. A man in Sandusky, Ohio, evidently had a rat problem in his home -- and had a novel way of dealing with it. It seems that whenever he saw -- or thought he saw -- a rat, he would shoot it. This method didn't always work the way he planned, however. He once shot himself in the foot. On an- other occasion, he mistook his wife's hat for one of the pesky rodents and shot it. Unfortunately, the hat was on her head at the time, and the man was charged with negligent assault. Thought for the Day: "Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them." -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc. NOTICE to Advertisers: Please check your ad(s). Errors/corrections must be submitted before deadline, to be published in the next avail- able edition of the Desert Messenger. DEADLINES are printed - in multiple locations - in EVERY issue of the Desert Messenger! For rates and deadlines visit www.DesertMessenger.com PUZZLE PAGE ANSWERS (from page 34) Seven Blunders of the World The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, not too long before his as- sassination. The seven blunders are: 1. Wealth without work 2. Pleasure without conscience 3. Knowledge without character 4. Commerce without morality 5. Science without humanity 6. Worship without sacrifice 7. Politics without principle