On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 6:18:55 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>
> There you have it! I don't think I've eaten a poke cake in 35+ years, but
> they were quite common during my mid 70's elementary school years.
> --
> jinx the minx
>
>
It's been about that long since I've eaten one, too. It was very, very good and not sure why this simple recipe fell out of favor.

> wrote in message
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> On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 6:18:55 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>
>> There you have it! I don't think I've eaten a poke cake in 35+ years,
>> but
>> they were quite common during my mid 70's elementary school years.
>> --
>> jinx the minx
>>
>>
> It's been about that long since I've eaten one, too. It was very, very
> good and not sure why this simple recipe fell out of favor.

I don't think people bake cakes like they used to. When I was a kid, I made
at least one cake every week. Nobody in *my* house actually liked cake. I
just liked baking them. And if we had a cake, my mom always had something
to offer the people who came to the door. In those days we sometimes had
religious people who came by, a lot more salesmen than there are now, and
for a few years we were product testers.

The woman who gave us the products to test was referred to by us as the
"woman who looked like a man". She did wear a skirt and blazer but very
sturdy, mannish looking shoes and had a very masculine looking hair cut.
She wore no makeup and had a deep voice. In those days, women and girls
mostly wore dresses or skirts whether they wanted to or not. When we did
wear pants it was only for casual things and I'm sure they would never be
acceptable for work, unless the person was doing something for a living to
where pants would be the better option. Anyway, she came by each week and
we always served her cake.

I wasn't the only one who made cakes. My friends or their moms also seemed
to make at least one cake per week. Another reason to have cake was that
the women on our street did not work and some did not have a vehicle to use
during the day so they'd get together for coffee and the cake would be
served then.

Now you mostly see cake posts on Facebook when it is someone's birthday.
And the only people who seem to make them are those who have kids and not a
lot of money.

Most of the stores here now sell cake by the slice. If someone in this
house wants cake, that's what they get! Even when we were still buying
desserts for birthday celebrations, that's what we'd get. Those who did eat
any, would only eat a bite or two so one piece of cake would be split many
ways. We'd usually buy two different kinds and maybe some strawberries to
go with.

>
> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.

In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.

There are numerous local charity and fundraising events where home
baking is sold (either to be eaten then and there, or whole cakes bought
to take home). Even kids (primary school to high school) bake mountains
of cakes to raise funds for their social activities; so do their parents
and grannies.

The annual Produce Show has a huge baking section (every imaginable
bread scone and cake) hotly contested by local WI womens groups but won
out-right, twice, by my husband :-) Local tea rooms and snack bars
catering for the tourist trade, all sell their own home baked from
scratch cakes. My Bed and Breakfast guests were ALWAYs given afternoon
tea with home baked cake.

On Sunday night a group of my poetry friends met here as they have
every month for the past decade. I provide the coffee and we all (men
and women) take turns to bake a cake (or two) to share. Swapping new
recipes is part of the fun.

This weeks offering from Lynn was this delicious, healthy and very easy
recipe

Yoghurt and blueberry cake.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...by-bakes-with-
yoghurt

Janet UK

"Janet" > wrote in message
...
>
>>
>> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.
>
> In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
> and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.

Uh... You're telling me that you hae no mixes whatever? I truly find that
hard to believe. And when I say that people don't bake cakes that's exactly
what I mean. Not from scratch or a mix.
>
> There are numerous local charity and fundraising events where home
> baking is sold (either to be eaten then and there, or whole cakes bought
> to take home). Even kids (primary school to high school) bake mountains
> of cakes to raise funds for their social activities; so do their parents
> and grannies.

That would never happen here! They did have some such events when Angela
was in elementary school but the items sold had to be purchased, labeled and
packaged. Nothing made at home.
>
> The annual Produce Show has a huge baking section (every imaginable
> bread scone and cake) hotly contested by local WI womens groups but won
> out-right, twice, by my husband :-) Local tea rooms and snack bars
> catering for the tourist trade, all sell their own home baked from
> scratch cakes. My Bed and Breakfast guests were ALWAYs given afternoon
> tea with home baked cake.

We have some tea shops here but I haven't gone into them. The sort of food
that they serve is nothing I would eat now. I did go to one when I was a
kid and had cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches which I liked. Odd because
I hate cream cheese and am not too fond of cucumbers.
>
> On Sunday night a group of my poetry friends met here as they have
> every month for the past decade. I provide the coffee and we all (men
> and women) take turns to bake a cake (or two) to share. Swapping new
> recipes is part of the fun.

Okay.
>
> This weeks offering from Lynn was this delicious, healthy and very easy
> recipe
>
> Yoghurt and blueberry cake.
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...by-bakes-with-
> yoghurt
>
> Janet UK

*shudder* Okay then. Nobody I know here does anything like that. They
just get Starbucks to go.

In article >, says...
>
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >>
> >> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.
> >
> > In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
> > and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.
>
> Uh... You're telling me that you hae no mixes whatever? I truly find that
> hard to believe.

Certainly I've never heard/seen any Scot with any interest in cooking
(or eating) cake, discussing making one from a packet mix.

Janet UK

On 2/17/2015 11:55 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>> "Janet" > wrote
>>>> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.
>>>
>>> In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
>>> and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.
>>
>> Uh... You're telling me that you hae no mixes whatever? I truly find that
>> hard to believe.
>
> Certainly I've never heard/seen any Scot with any interest in cooking
> (or eating) cake, discussing making one from a packet mix.
>
You know, I've never noticed cake mixes in Scottish shops - they may
well exist, but they certainly aren't as noticeable as the row after row
of mixes (some of them garishly coloured) I see in US markets.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2/17/2015 11:55 AM, Janet wrote:
> > In article >, says...
> >> "Janet" > wrote
> >>>> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.
> >>>
> >>> In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
> >>> and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.
> >>
> >> Uh... You're telling me that you hae no mixes whatever? I truly find that
> >> hard to believe.
> >
> > Certainly I've never heard/seen any Scot with any interest in cooking
> > (or eating) cake, discussing making one from a packet mix.
> >
> You know, I've never noticed cake mixes in Scottish shops - they may
> well exist, but they certainly aren't as noticeable as the row after row
> of mixes (some of them garishly coloured) I see in US markets.

Neither have I.

Janet UK

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:17:23 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 2/17/2015 11:55 AM, Janet wrote:
> > In article >, says...
> >> "Janet" > wrote
> >>>> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.
> >>>
> >>> In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
> >>> and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.
> >>
> >> Uh... You're telling me that you hae no mixes whatever? I truly find that
> >> hard to believe.
> >
> > Certainly I've never heard/seen any Scot with any interest in cooking
> > (or eating) cake, discussing making one from a packet mix.
> >
> You know, I've never noticed cake mixes in Scottish shops - they may
> well exist, but they certainly aren't as noticeable as the row after row
> of mixes (some of them garishly coloured) I see in US markets.

I don't know where you see that, there are very few cake mixes on the
shelves where I shop. You UK people use self-rising flour which is
basically what's in a box mix. So you add a little more stuff, so
what.

I asked DD why she bothered with a mix last weekend, because as far as
I could tell it was a package of self-rising flour with a recipe on
the box. She had to add butter, eggs, milk and god knows what else to
it. It was supposed to be a very easy cake to make with her DD on her
4th birthday and it turned into a big production. Pfffft.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"Janet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I don't think people bake cakes like they used to.
>> >
>> > In Scotland baking cakes (and bread, and pastry etc ) is alive and well
>> > and very popular. NO packet mixes; home made from scratch.
>>
>> Uh... You're telling me that you hae no mixes whatever? I truly find
>> that
>> hard to believe.
>
> Certainly I've never heard/seen any Scot with any interest in cooking
> (or eating) cake, discussing making one from a packet mix.
>
> Janet UK

Hmmm... Very common here and have been for years.

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 9:14:21 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Janet" > wrote in message

> >
> > This weeks offering from Lynn was this delicious, healthy and very easy
> > recipe
> >
> > Yoghurt and blueberry cake.
> >
> > http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...by-bakes-with-
> > yoghurt
> >
> > Janet UK
>
> *shudder* Okay then. Nobody I know here does anything like that. They
> just get Starbucks to go.

The Seattle metropolitan area has 3.6 million people. How many of
them do you know? I believe your sample size is a little too small
(and biased) to make any generalizations.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:55:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 9:14:21 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "Janet" > wrote in message
>
> > >
> > > This weeks offering from Lynn was this delicious, healthy and very easy
> > > recipe
> > >
> > > Yoghurt and blueberry cake.
> > >
> > > http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...by-bakes-with-
> > > yoghurt
> > >
> > > Janet UK
> >
> > *shudder* Okay then. Nobody I know here does anything like that. They
> > just get Starbucks to go.
>
> The Seattle metropolitan area has 3.6 million people. How many of
> them do you know? I believe your sample size is a little too small
> (and biased) to make any generalizations.
>
She *did* say "nobody I know". I happen to like baking with yogurt
butter for plain yogurt all the time.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 9:14:21 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>
>> >
>> > This weeks offering from Lynn was this delicious, healthy and very easy
>> > recipe
>> >
>> > Yoghurt and blueberry cake.
>> >
>> > http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...by-bakes-with-
>> > yoghurt
>> >
>> > Janet UK
>>
>> *shudder* Okay then. Nobody I know here does anything like that. They
>> just get Starbucks to go.
>
> The Seattle metropolitan area has 3.6 million people. How many of
> them do you know? I believe your sample size is a little too small
> (and biased) to make any generalizations.

How did I generalize? I said "nobody I know here".

On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 1:00:23 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:

> >> *shudder* Okay then. Nobody I know here does anything like that. They
> >> just get Starbucks to go.
> >
> > The Seattle metropolitan area has 3.6 million people. How many of
> > them do you know? I believe your sample size is a little too small
> > (and biased) to make any generalizations.
>
> How did I generalize? I said "nobody I know here".

Here's an analogy:

Me: Chinese people tend to like rice

You: Not the one that I know

There are so many people doing so many different things, that to say
"nobody I know here" is not worth wasting the electrons to make
the post.

Cindy Hamilton