Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:45:02 -0500, The Cook >
> wrote:
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>>On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:19:09 -0700, Gloria P >
>>wrote:
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>>>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't believe you can buy these in package mixes anymore.
>>>
>>>Didn't the original recipe call for a package or "can" of fudge frosting
>>>along with a packaged cake mix? I don't think I ever made the cake,
>>>but the recipe was in the magazines for years.
>>>
>>>If not, it won't be the first time i have remembered wrongly.
>>
>>You are correct. It was a package of powdered frosting mix. Here is
>>the recipe.
>
>
> I haven't seen powdered frosting mix in many moons. Shame, because
> those were actually edible. The stuff in plastic "cans" tastes like
> something you'd use to strip paint or something.

I don't make cakes very often but when I do, I make my own buttercream
frosting.

What I haven't made in an age is german chocolate cake. Homemade
coconut pecan topping is so much better than the stuff in the plastic
tub, and if you make it yourself you can make a really big batch so
nobody will notice that you've been eating it by the spoonful.