Liturgy:
To say before you start baking:
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu,
Melech haolam, hamotzi lechem min haaretz.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God,
Sovereign of all, who brings forth bread from the earth
Thank you for inviting us into creation
For giving us the flour and the yeast
The sugar and the oil
The eggs and the salt
Thank you for your transformative power
That these ingredients can come together
And form a new creation
That nourishes the body and soul
To say as you mix the ingredients together:
May the parts of me that are sad
The parts that are hardened
The parts that are still open fresh
Be mixed together
May You breathe new life into this messy mix
So that I too can breathe again
To say as the cake bakes:
Mat the ingredients pass away
May they mix and create a new creation
May the bitter cocoa be sweetened
May the harch coffee be made light
May my hungry stomach know patience
May my children's eyes know excitement
To read as the cake cools:
To say as you make the frosting and frost the cake:
May this frosting taste like the honey
That flows from Your rivers
May it sweeten our hearts and minds
May it bring delight
To everyone who feasts
To say as you serve the cake:
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu,
Melech haolam, hamotzi lechem min haaretz.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God,
Sovereign of all, who brings forth bread from the earth