Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Pre-packaged
I have always resisted buying cake mixes in a box. I’m not a big cake person to begin (cookies on the other hand.. yum!) and I’m pretty sure there are some preservatives that comes with cake mixes from a box.
The other day I brought home a box of cake mix. Velvet cake mix by Duncan Hines. Instead of making it into a sheet of cake, we made them into cupcakes. I substituted with half milk and half water instead of the whole 1.25 cups of water. It turned out really well. I’m surprised by how easy it was, and so tasty, especially with some frosting!
Now we’ll probably have to live with the consequences of having those preservatives in our system for a while.
But really, how impossible it is to get away from preservatives - it’s in almost everything.
on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 9:25 am:
I am a cookie person too. At least home made cookies. It probably doesn’t hurt to cheat and have a cake mix once in awhile.
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on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 11:23 am:
How fun! Hmm, red velvet cake mix would have been even better for the cupcakes I made on Monday!
I do try to cook up more whole foods than pre-packaged, but I’m not opposed to some extra help when it comes to the harder stuff like cakes. Plus you only have a little of that kind of thing too.
Now cookies and muffins, homemade is just always yummier!
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on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 3:28 pm:
I have to use cake mixes in a box, I’ve tried to make them from scratch and they never turn out! However, we pretty much only eat cake on birthdays anyway.
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on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 7:10 pm:
I’m not a cake person either…unless it’s Angel Food, but only once or twice a year. But, that said, I’ve had a cake mix sitting on my counter for 5 days because I’ve been craving cupcakes. I’m not sure if it’s because I actually want to eat the cupcakes or just practice my ever failing decorating skills.
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on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 10:34 pm:
I wish they have preservatives on our body shape. You know … to have 18 year old body instead of 30 something? That would be extremely helpful!
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