A cake for a cold day

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. When the chilly weather rolls in, I feel like baking. There's nothing quite like feeling the warmth of the oven radiate through the kitchen, mixing up something yummy, and enjoying a sweet homemade treat on a cool winter evening. It's something about contrast between the icy outdoors and physical warmth of home paired with the inner warmth from baking that make it such a pleasant experience, drawing me back year after year. This year, when the thought of baking struck me again, I decided I would give it a historic twist. About four years ago, I purchased an antique book from a local estate sale. Its cover was brown and heavily worn, with pieces of i