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Default Recipe for Southern Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake

On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:06:47 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 11:14:05 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 03:14:11 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Monday, November 23, 2020 at 6:44:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> >> On 11/23/2020 6:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > "MummyChunk" > wrote in
>> >> > message ...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Here is another recipe that popped up on my phone today.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > For a dinner party, this is a perfect strawberry cake dessert that
>> >> >> will please everybody, but fast enough to enjoy any time your heart
>> >> >
>> >> > <snip>
>> >> >
>> >> > That would not please me in any way, shape or form!
>> >> Strawberries aren't in season now anyway so the Munnychunk point
>> >> directing people who the click-bait web site is moot.
>> >>
>> >> Jill
>> >
>> >It calls for a box of frozen strawberries. The boxes are invariably sweetened.
>> >
>> >Every single ingredient is loaded with sugar. Ok, the canned pineapple probably
>> >could be purchased unsweetened.
>> >
>> >My teeth ache just reading the recipe.
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton

>> the bags of various fruit from Costco are not sugared, just frozen. I
>> haven't looked in any supermarket freezer cases to see what is
>> available there.
>> Janet US

>
>The recipe specified a box. You are, of course, free to
>use bagged fruit, which is generally unsweetened.
>
>The result will still be too sweet for me. Cake mix. Pudding mix.
>Cool Whip.
>
>Cindy Hamilton


I didn't know that boxed frozen fruit was sweetened. Until Costco I
only bought fresh fruit.
Janet US