HOW TO BAKE A CAKE (WITH THE
HELP — OF A TODDLER)
Light the oven. Get out a bowl, spoons, and ingredients. Grease the pan.
Crack nuts. Remove 18 blocks and 7 toy autos from the kitchen table.
Measure 2 cups of flour. Remove Kelly’s hands from the flour and wash
hands. Measure one more cup of flour to replace the flour on the floor. Put
the flour, baking soda, and salt in a sifter. Get the dustpan and brush up
pieces of bowl which Kelly knocked on the floor. Get another bowl. Answer
doorbell. Return to the kitchen and remove Kelly’s hands from the
flour–again. Get out egg. Answer the phone. Return. Try to shake
handful of salt from the pan. Look for Kelly. Get another pan and grease
it. Answer the phone–again. Return to the kitchen and find Kelly. Remove
the grimy hands from the bowl. Wash off shortening. Take up greased pan and
find it covered with nutshells. Head for Kelly who flees, knocking bowl off
the table. Wash kitchen floor, wash the table, wash the walls, wash the
dishes. Call the bakery. Lie down.
Yields
1 Servings