Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Tomorrow morning I will deliver my baked entries to the Nice Ladies at
> the Minnesota State Fair fairgrounds.
>
> In theory, I will enter a chocolate Bundt� cake, an apple pie, a mixed
> berry pie, girl brownies, white bread, boy brownies, PB cookies, CC
> cookies, and fruit muffins.

You are SUCH an overachiever! How many jams/pickles did you enter this
year?

>
> I started with the chocolate cake first. I

> As I re-read the recipe and re-played the making, I realized I likely
> would not have had this problem if I had put the flour in the batter.
> And, no, I didn't miss it because it is a thin batter when it goes into
> the pan.
>


Dang, that's frustrating. It happens when you have too much on your
mind. (I've made three batches of (bought) apricot jam this year and
every time I have forgotten to add the dried apricots (OK, once I just
couldn't find the pkg.)

As always, "choose Melba's" and blue ribbon vibes heading to the Nice
Ladies on your behalf.

gloria p