That is a really nice story, Eva.
Takes me back to simpler (and I think better) times, when families did what they could and got by as well as possible and viewed something like a “boughten” shortcake as a wonderful treat and rarity.
(p.s. With apologies to the perfectly fine Twinkies among us, of course!)
Also, the recipe for these things didn’t read like the parts list on Junior’s chemistry set.