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CrispyQ

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11. Yum. I think bribing with warm chocolate chip cookies is acceptable.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 3, 2021, 10:25 AM

Aug 2021

IMO, mixes are tooooooo sweet! Most recipes, too. You can't even taste the chocolate or other flavors over the sugar. I use 2/3 the sugar called for, sometimes even half. Strawberry cake sounds wonderful! I may have to go recipe hunting.

When I bought a new stove several years ago, I asked the men who delivered it to level it, please. They'd never been asked to do that before.

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I want cake. [View all] haele Jul 2021 OP

A few years ago I got in the habit of baking PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #1

I know. Time and space are critical for good baking. haele Jul 2021 #4

When my older son was very young, he'd help me out. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #7

I hate growing old and Yonnie3 Jul 2021 #2

I made chocolate pudding cake parfaits for my birthday last month. CrispyQ Jul 2021 #3

That does sound wonderful. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #8

Yum. I think bribing with warm chocolate chip cookies is acceptable. CrispyQ Aug 2021 #11

The recipe I use is one from a 1930something cookbook. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #12

Real banana puddings like mom learned from Grandma are not made often today. lark Jul 2021 #5

You have my sympathy. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #9

Yeah, that's why I switched to a cooked store version of vanilla pudding. lark Aug 2021 #10

I want a Peppridge Farm lemon cake piece nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #6

I made a chocolate zucchini cake this morning. We already taste tested it. LOL. Vinca Aug 2021 #13

I've never been big on zucchini bread, CrispyQ Aug 2021 #14