Lovers' Wedding Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. love
1/2 lb. buttered youth
1/2 lb. good looks
1/2 lb. sweet temper
1/2 lb. self-forgetfulness
1/2 lb. blindness of faults
1/2 lb. powdered wits
1/2 oz. dry humor
23 Tbsp. sweet arguments
1/2 pt. rippling laughter
1 wine glass common sense

Preparation

Put love, good looks and sweet temper into a well-furnished home.
Mix buttered youth together with a blindness of faults and self-forgetfulness.
Throw in dry humor and sweet arguments.
Then add to the above.
Pour in gently, rippling laughter and common sense.
Then bake gently forever.