On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:40:22 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:45:02 -0500, The Cook >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:19:09 -0700, Gloria P >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.

Sounds good!


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