Posts by hbquikcomjamesl

I know a great little hotel, but unfortunately, the recent explosions happened practically on its doorstep. I hope the staff and guests were all OK. Never really needed a cake in Boston, as I've only been there for parts of four...

May I suggest an analogous situation:   When I cook steak at home, I panfry, in just enough oil to coat the skillet. And I turn it frequently, in order to minimize the searing (so it browns slightly, but doesn't char), and...

Quote: Originally Posted by lahlbrecht  First of all, there's no such thing as a cheap 4tier fake cake   Well, if it's Styrofoam, frosted and decorated with Hydrocal, then you could rent it out...

I'd rather spend 12 hours on a train than 8 hours on a bus, or 1 hour on an airplane. And I'd rather do any of these than spend 5 hours behind the wheel.

Quote: Originally Posted by Annabakescakes  My husband thinks tsp and tbs are interchangeable, lol. Makes for some NASTY pancakes! That happened to me once, some 30-odd-years ago, when I was coughing, and still...

When I do a cake for free (which is all the time, regardless of who's paying for the ingredients), they don't necessarily get to decide that: the Leland Awards cake was a 9x13 single-layer sheet spice cake with maple-cinnamon BC,...

Hmm. Box mixes, at least of the retail grocery variety, seem to be dairy-free, these days. They generally call for water, cooking oil, and eggs, but no milk or butter.   When I did the Leland Awards cake last year, I provided...

With fruitcake, I'd suggest that supports should probably be made out of either prestressed concrete, welded steel, or both.

Gelatin?

Well, the obvious step would be to find out what your friend's husband likes.