Last week was Volunteer Appreciation Week. Normally at Hillcrest Platte County Thrift Shop, it is a fun and busy week. It is hard to volunteer at the shop and not feel appreciated by the end of the week.
When the Mayor of Kansas City placed stay-at-home ordered back mid March, the thrift shops all closed, Hillcrest included. After a few days, they decided that the paid staff would come in and they have been busy over the last 46 days. The floors have been washed and waxed. All of the sorting stations in the back were cleaned. They have even rearranged the racks and added plexiglass shields to separate the customer and the volunteers at the register so that when the shop does reopen, it will be safer for the volunteers and customers for keeping distance from each other.
Yesterday we got words that thrift shops are now considered essential by the Missouri Governor's office and Hillcrest will be opening next week on the 5th. The shop will be closed on Monday and will not be opening until 11:00 instead of 10:00. They will also require face masks and will limit the number of customers in the store at a time. There will be no volunteers coming to work until Mayor Lucas' stay-at-home orders are lifted. Right now they are in place until May 15 and then the number of volunteers will be limited. They want to make sure we are safe.
Well, as I said last week was Volunteer Appreciation Week and I guess they had ordered HPC socks to give to us before this pandemic happened. So they got word out to us that they were going to have a drive-by in front of the store on Monday so we could come by, get our socks, and wave to the staff and other volunteers who happened to be there at the same time. Since I haven't made anything and taken up there during these 46 days, I decided I would make a cake and drop it off when I picked up my socks.
I wanted to make one that I could make in a 9 x 13 - inch (aluminun) pan that I could just leave with them. I found this one that sounded really good called Cake That Doesn't Last in Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook. The recipe was contributed by Katie Miller from Piepont, OH. They were so pleased when I held it out the window of my car.
Sunday we went up to our younger son Patrick's house and saw the kids for the first time in person for several months. It was so good to see them. See pictures below. Tyler has had a growth spurt.
CAKE THAT DOESN'T LAST
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1-1/2 cups oil
1 (8 - ounce) can crushed pineapple drained (2/3 cup)
1 cup nuts, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups mashed bananas
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a tube pan or a 9 x 13 - inch pan. Set aside.
Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl with a whisk.
Make a well in the center and fill with eggs, oil, pineapple, nuts, vanilla, and bananas. (My batter bowl was almost not big enough.)
Stir lightly, do not beat.
Pour into pan and bake for 75 minutes for tube cake or 50-55 minutes for loaf pan.
I dusted the top with powdered sugar.
Pictures of Madison and Tyler...
As I have been doing during this stay-at-home/social distancing order, I end this post with the latest stats as I post this.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 4/28/2020
UNITED STATES
CONFIRMED CASES 988,469
DEATHS 56,253
GLOBAL
CONFIRMED CASES 3,057,957
DEATHS 211,894
Day 15...
When the Mayor of Kansas City placed stay-at-home ordered back mid March, the thrift shops all closed, Hillcrest included. After a few days, they decided that the paid staff would come in and they have been busy over the last 46 days. The floors have been washed and waxed. All of the sorting stations in the back were cleaned. They have even rearranged the racks and added plexiglass shields to separate the customer and the volunteers at the register so that when the shop does reopen, it will be safer for the volunteers and customers for keeping distance from each other.
Yesterday we got words that thrift shops are now considered essential by the Missouri Governor's office and Hillcrest will be opening next week on the 5th. The shop will be closed on Monday and will not be opening until 11:00 instead of 10:00. They will also require face masks and will limit the number of customers in the store at a time. There will be no volunteers coming to work until Mayor Lucas' stay-at-home orders are lifted. Right now they are in place until May 15 and then the number of volunteers will be limited. They want to make sure we are safe.
Well, as I said last week was Volunteer Appreciation Week and I guess they had ordered HPC socks to give to us before this pandemic happened. So they got word out to us that they were going to have a drive-by in front of the store on Monday so we could come by, get our socks, and wave to the staff and other volunteers who happened to be there at the same time. Since I haven't made anything and taken up there during these 46 days, I decided I would make a cake and drop it off when I picked up my socks.
I wanted to make one that I could make in a 9 x 13 - inch (aluminun) pan that I could just leave with them. I found this one that sounded really good called Cake That Doesn't Last in Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook. The recipe was contributed by Katie Miller from Piepont, OH. They were so pleased when I held it out the window of my car.
Sunday we went up to our younger son Patrick's house and saw the kids for the first time in person for several months. It was so good to see them. See pictures below. Tyler has had a growth spurt.
CAKE THAT DOESN'T LAST
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1-1/2 cups oil
1 (8 - ounce) can crushed pineapple drained (2/3 cup)
1 cup nuts, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups mashed bananas
I dusted the top with powdered sugar.
Pictures of Madison and Tyler...
As I have been doing during this stay-at-home/social distancing order, I end this post with the latest stats as I post this.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 4/28/2020
UNITED STATES
CONFIRMED CASES 988,469
DEATHS 56,253
GLOBAL
CONFIRMED CASES 3,057,957
DEATHS 211,894
Day 15...
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