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OK--I admit it.

I bought the book for Dump Cakes.

 

Actually I used my Walgreens points so it cost me nothing.  Some of the recipes are very good.   Great when you have company coming and little time to prepare, or a pot luck at work the next day. 

 

You literally dump the ingredients into the pan and bake.  No mixing, no washing beaters, no bowls. 

 

Our favorites are the Cherry, Pineapple dump cake and the Pumpkin Pie Cake.

 

 If it's not your cuppa, that's fine, but I would suggest don't knock it til you tried it.  Lots of sugar and fat, but hey you're getting fruit, right--delicious.

 

 
 
Put a mumu on that lady and you have the woman usually seen on television news shows that are reporting a tornado just went through another trailer park. They are interviewing the lady in the mumu. That's her!

Back in the early 80's we lived in an apt complex. A bunch of us tenants got together and put together a apt complex cookbook made up from recipes from all the tenants. Karen acted as editor for the project. We got a lot of "dump" recipes. We didn't know what they meant by that term. For all we knew it meant that a particular "dump" recipe could send you to the bathroom. We had never heard the term used before. Now we know.
 
I enjoy the fuss and mess..

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I know there are a lot of people who hate to cook and the part they hate the most is the fuss.  The measuring, the bowls, the clean up.  It's all just too much for them.  I'm not one of those people.  I really enjoy the process.  I can't tell you how many times I'll ask my partner if he wants this or that to eat and he replies, "Oh that's too much fuss."  Then he says, "Oh Yeah, that's the part you enjoy!!"</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">To me it's relaxing to take the time to make sure each meatball is the same size and each cookie has the same amount of chocolate chunks.  And I know how crazy that makes some people.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The added bonus is I get to make lots of dirty dishes and use a vintage dishwasher to clean it all up!!  AND....more power to Kathy!!  I bet she's making a bundle peddling that [whatever you'd call that stuff she's peddling as a desert]!!</span>
 
I had a roommate in college that was like that. Whenever he ate dinner every piece of food in a dish had to be the same size, each cookie had to have the same number of chips or he wouldn't eat it. If we had a can of carrots he'd determine which ones were not the same size as the others and leave those behind. Well maybe depending on how hungry he was but he'd bitch about it all throughout dinner. We kept telling him he'll never find a wife because not too many women would put up with that. I think it's some form of OCD.
 
Well, I hope I'm not that bad....LOL

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">But my saying around our house is that "I like pretty things!"  My partner is quite the opposite.  His big saying is "It's good enough!" and that saying makes my blood boil.  I think we are all worth more than "It's good enough!" but that's probably a topic for another discussion.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I do like nice things and I like things to look nice.  I make no apology for either.  So while I personally probably wouldn't buy this cookbook because it would take the fun out of it for me, I can see why so many people would love this cookbook.  I guess for me I want it to look as good as it tastes and for me I feel it's worth the extra effort.  I know not everyone feels the same way I do.  Lucky for Kathy I bet she does too and again, I bet she is making a bundle.  Some of us may think she looks foolish doing it but she can look foolish all day long as she's taking those checks to the bank.</span>
 
Don't make me keep defending Cathy.

I do enjoy baking,  and do it quite often.  But there are people, like my sis-in-law for example, that if you can't get it at Burger King, McDonald's, or Pizza Hut, you don't need it.

 

Dump cakes are a great way to have a fresh desert quickly with minimal fuss.  Honestly can you really go wrong with a recipe that starts with "Melt a cup of butter"?
 
Well, I've never had an "issue" with the word Dump in these recipes.  I'm able to disassociate and keep separate a bodily function connotation.  These have been around since the 1960s!!!  And in a pinch can be a big help for something fast for a last minute desert or snack for unexpected company.
 
I'm also one of the few who have any problem w/ "dump" being used with "cake" or any recipe, myself...

 

And here is just ONE of the many "dump cakes" I've made that I'm nearly-famous for:

 

Yes, liquor baked into every one--used for the glaze 'n' all (beginning w/ a Rum Cake that I'd made years ago)...!

 

 

 

-- Dave

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My "YUK" comes from not so much the method, but the way the ingredients are  manufactured these days.

 

But with so much emphases on  nutrition, diabetes, and GMOs these days I can't imagine (for me personally) taking all that sugar (not even real sugar anymore) in a pan and then pouring a can of soda (HFCS not even real soda anymore) and consuming it. 

 

I am just very concerned about nutrition these days due to health issues and will keep my comments to myself from now on.

 

Just my own opinion as everyone else's input on this thread.
 

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