You see, when the light hits the atom, the atom will only absorb it if it can use it to bump an electron up an electron shell. An oxygen atom with two electrons in the innermost shell and six in the second shell. An oxygen atom, for example, has eight electrons, but these fit into two different electron shells.
The Original Hummingbird Cake Recipe. Originally submitted by Mrs. L.H. Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina in our February 1978 issue, this Hummingbird Cake recipe is known to have won numerous blue ribbons at county fairs. 1  View the Original 1978 Hummingbird Cake Recipe.
Letâs Go Way Back. Our story begins in 1919. Thatâs when the world was introduced to what you now know as the HostessÂ® CupCake. Itâs perhaps the first and most significant moment in the history of snack cakes. Just ask your great grandpappy. He was there. Six years later, Continental Baking wanted to add a line of cakes to sell alongside a hot little item they were making called WonderÂ® bread. This new line of sweet treats became known as Hostess. And a brand was born. Continental hit the sponge cake gold mine in 1930 when Jimmy Dewar invented TwinkiesÂ®.