jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This web site makes the bold claim that most home bakers
> > cannot make a cake from scratch better than from a boxed
> > cake mix.
> >
> > http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/cake.html
> >
> > His reasons are that the ingredients are better measured,
> > and they use ingredients that you can't get.
> >
> Who can't get the ingredients for cake?

The author of the web page was referring to all those
ingredients like emulifiers with long scientific names
you see on ingredients lists.

> > I think this will come as a surprise to many bakers,
> > that making a cake from a box mix gives a better result
> > than most bakers can achieve from scratch with butter, etc.
>
> Mark, I've always thought you were a bit paranoid. I have some perfectly

I'm compiling a list of people who say that about me,
and now YOU'RE ON IT!