Cooking & Baking

PoindexterOglethorpe

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20. There was a time when bakery cakes were very good,

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 01:08 PM

Feb 2018

better than those made from mixes. Certainly up until the 1970's or '80's that was true. I'm not sure when bakeries switched over to mixes, but by the mid-80's I was finding that bakery cakes were not as good as the ones I'd bake.

It's the same with certain cookies or brownies. I bake brownies, using a recipe from a 1930's The American Woman's Cookbook. I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe from the same cookbook. The recipe is old enough that apparently chocolate chips as we know them didn't yet exist, because the recipe tells you to chop up a semi-sweet bar.

I also find that those older recipes are better. I'm not sure why, but one common feature is that they'll use fussier measurements, such as a third of a cup of something. Modern recipes are all full cup, half cup, quarter cup.

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Allrecipes.com is my go to. GentryDixon Feb 2018 #4

Use basic muffin-batter, pour it into a sheet, sprinkle with pitted cherries. Bake. Done. DetlefK Feb 2018 #2

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This is a secret family recipe Clarity2 Feb 2018 #5

Thank you so much! Blue_playwright Feb 2018 #13

You're welcome! Clarity2 Feb 2018 #18

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I often make chocolate cake using the recipe PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #7

I've always liked to bake, but stopped because I became diabetic and it became Nay Feb 2018 #8

Even bakeries for the most part are using PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #9

And it's noticeable, isn't it? One thing about becoming diabetic: if I decide to Nay Feb 2018 #10

So true. It used to be that things from bakeries PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #12

I agree but Clarity2 Feb 2018 #19

There was a time when bakery cakes were very good, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #20

You are so right Clarity2 Feb 2018 #21

All of my best recipes come from cookbooks published no later than the mid 1970s. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #22

Thank you so much! Clarity2 Feb 2018 #23

You are welcome. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #24

Im with you on layer cakes Blue_playwright Feb 2018 #14

You just made my heart soar pandr32 Feb 2018 #26

Guys, a "full sheet pan" is 26x18", far cry from a "sheet cake". You'll probably need a mix. sir pball Feb 2018 #11

I appreciate it Blue_playwright Feb 2018 #15

I would never even consider making a full sheet pan. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #16

Oh, mix is never as good as a real cake at all sir pball Feb 2018 #17

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