"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 03:53:29 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> > wrote:
>
>>I was at the grocery store today forgetting to buy tofu again and checked
>>out the bakery dept. Prices were higher than I'd expected, not that
>>I've paid all that close attention but I know the price of tiramisu has
>>really skyrocketed since 4-6 months ago. So that prompted me to take a
>>close look at all the offerings and I found myself examining some items
>>that only after several seconds registered as cupcakes. That's because
>>the frosting to cake ratio was at least 2 to 1, fooling me into thinking
>>they were some never before seen dessert. The enormous frosting toppings
>>came in the shape of, for example, a blue christmas tree; santa claus;
>>a snowman; or, a freaking house -- okay I exaggerate but you get the idea
>>... cupcake frosting has reached literally ridiculous heights, where
>>the amount of frosting by any measure (height/weight/volume/tackiness)
>>is more than twice the amount of cake.
>>
>>AND THEY COST FIVE DOLLARS
>>
>>http://www.ftupet.com/~tert/img/misc...c/cupcakes.jpg
>
> Nothing in that photo looks edible. They must get a good discount at
> the sugar factory.
>
> Most supermarket bakeries have a mediocre cake to begin with and then
> they pile it high with a mix that tastes like sweet Crisco. Horrid
> stuff. I can imagine getting a sugar high just being in the same room
> with it.
>
> An entire generation has never tasted a really good yellow cake or
> pound cake or a good buttercream frosting and they keep buying this
> crap.

Yep! My mom had a friend who would always appear at dinner time and invite
herself over. She always had something to complain about, including my cake
which most likely had a buttercream frosting because that's usually what I
made. She told me that a good frosting was make with Crisco! That made my
skin crawl.

This woman was a horrible cook. I think she liked her own cooking but
nobody else did. She's a nun now. I only hope they don't let her anywhere
near the kitchen.