Betty Crocker Downsizes Cake Mixes To 15.25 oz.

[maytagbear]

Lord Kenmore..........

This is how I deal with the urge to bake. I just take the cake or cookies or whatever to one of my volunteer gigs or church, and I claim the (usually) tiny remainder. Problem solved.

Just sayin'

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[iheartmaytag]

With the way everything is being downsized, it won't be long until we will be getting the Easy Bake size.

 

[frigilux]

Here you go, Harley!

 

[lordkenmore]

Earlier, I was at the store, and checked out the cake mix aisle. Alas, I didn't have a disguise with me--I hope no one I know saw me in the cake mix aisle, and think: he doesn't bake from scratch?!? LOL

 

There were a couple of Betty Crocker's new "Original Recipe" mixes: yellow IIRC and also a chocolate. As I speculated above, they seem to carry a higher price. I can't remember the numbers--I'll have to check again--but I'm thinking it was something like $3 vs about $2 list for standard mix. (Standard was also on sale, for roughly 1/2 the price of Original Recipe.) As I'd have guessed, it is once again an example of "pay more for fewer ingredients". The standard stuff has a long list of stuff that's not in the Original Recipe formula, such as food color.

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[lordkenmore]

This is how I deal with the urge to bake. I just take the cake or cookies or whatever to one of my volunteer gigs or church, and I claim the (usually) tiny remainder. Problem solved.

 

A good idea, and something I've contemplated doing "someday." I don't have anyone to bake for at this time, and my current kitchen is so bad it drains ambition. But when circumstances are different, I'll be at least willing to consider the idea.

 

[ea56]

John,

If you don't want to be tempted with a whole cake, why not chill the finished cake well so it will cut cleanly. Then cut it into individual slices and wrap them well in plastic wrap and then foil and freeze them. Then when you get a craving for cake just take one of these treats out of your freezer and let it thaw and enjoy. You will also have a treat to offer impromptu guests.
Eddie

 

[lordkenmore]

Interesting idea freezing pieces of cake! I hadn't really ever thought of that--odd, since I have known people who've frozen other baked goods. Although I wonder if that still wouldn't be potentially too tempting...

 

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[frigilux]

When baking for myself (before the pre-diabetes diagnosis), I froze individual pieces of frosted cake and cinnamon rolls all the time. Each piece would get cling-wrapped (as per Eddie's method), then they went into a heavy-duty zip-lock freezer bag.

The temptation is definitely still there, Lord Kenmore, but it tends to ward off the shock/horror of "Jesus! Have I really eaten five pieces of cake today?!" that can occur when the goods are on the countertop, LOL.

Nowadays, my big treat is plain Greek yogurt topped with berries, a sprinkle of Splenda and a tablespoon of Fiber One cereal (or Hy-Vee's version of it). I also make a fairly low carb mousse once in awhile and put some berries on it.