On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:03:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Tue 27 Oct 2009 09:45:21p, koko told us...
>
>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:07:24 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue 27 Oct 2009 08:40:43p, koko told us...
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>>>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:46:16 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue 27 Oct 2009 07:22:40p, koko told us...
>>>>>
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>>>>>> Half pound of butter, plus 5 eggs, equals a moist delicious
>>>>>> poundcake. http://i34.tinypic.com/28v3ok.jpg
>> snippage
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>>>Thank you SO much, Koko! I'm anxious to make this. I haven't baked a
>>>pound cake in years. I noatice the recipe calls for a bundt pan, but
>>>your's was not. I like your's better. Did it make a difference?
>>>
>>>Thanks again!
>>
>> I don't have a bundt pan, something I'm going to remedy this weekend,
>> but the regular cake pan I used seemed to work just fine.
>>
>> koko
>> --
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>I have a heavy cast aluminum non-stick bundt pan that I bought in the late
>1960s. It still looks like new because I've probably used it less than a
>dozen times in 40 years. :-) (If I knew where it was, I'd send it to you.)
>For me, at least, a good tube pan is far more versatile, especially if you
>want to try baking, angel, sponge, and chiffon cakes. Whatever you bake in
>a bundt pan can be baked in a tube pan. Tube pans come with both solid and
>loose bottoms; I have one of each. They also come both in plain metal and
>non-stick, but you don't want a non-stick pan for baking angel or sponge
>cakes, as their successful rising depends largely on the batter sticking to
>the sides of the pan..


That is about the time I bought mine. I think I got it when the
Tunnel of Fudge cakes were all the rage. Wish we could still get the
frosting mix, but may try the alternate version sometime when I can
give away most of it .
--
Susan N.

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