I made a discovery while rearranging things in my baking refrigerator
today (where I store all baking ingredients like different flours and
such). So I've solved two potential problems and will be baking three
6-inch cakes in a bit. Pound Cake batter will have the addition of,
as will the raspberry jam, a total of about three tablespoons of KAF's
Signature Secrets Culinary Thickener that I'd forgotten all about
after buying most of my Christmas baking ingredients from them in
November.

"Unlike cornstarch or many other thickeners, this all-purpose
thickener dissolves instantly -without lumping- in hot or cold liquid,
eliminating the need for premixing. It thickens without being heated,
yet will not break down when cooked or baked...also keeps cookies
soft, cakes moist, and keeps the fruit or chips in cakes and muffins
from sinking to the bottom." (and is also to be used for thickening
fruit pies).

Okay, I'm off to try my experiment and will report back!
....Picks