On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 7:32:44 AM UTC-6, BigC300 wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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> >
> >
> >"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Janet B > wrote:
> >>> Does anyone have a dessert recipe that uses a boxed yellow cake mix
> >>> and no nuts or chocolate? I got the cake last fall to do some recipe
> >>> and then my husband got his kidney stone. After that no nuts and no
> >>> chocolate. It can be as hokey as you please. We're both from the
> >>> mid-west and have probably seen it all before. Wasn't there a cake
> >>> mix recipe at one time that used canned fruit?
> >>> Janet US
> >>
> >> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
> >> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
> >> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
> >
> >Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed cake
> >mix
> >but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with it.
>
> Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
> scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
> bakers over in "the colonies"!
>
True. How much trashier can you get than slopping Jello, boxed pudding,
and/or canned milk (all of which are garbage ingredients) onto a cake?
With all the jokes about British food, the average USA cook is far worse.
>
> William

--Bryan