Advertisement for Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake mix (1961).
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“So boss, how do you like my idea for lowering cake mix production costs?
“Eggcellent”.
Better Living Magazine July 1952
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It's Freddy's gotcha day and I was feeling festive. However, I was also feeling tired, so I baked a cake, but I did it using the "can of soda plus box of cake mix" idea that's been going 'round.
My ingredients were simple: one box of chocolate cake mix from Dollar Tree, one bottle of Coke from the supermarket (expensive, but cheaper than buying an eight- or twelve-pack I don't want), and 3 tablespoons of instant espresso that I swiped when I moved out of my stepmother's house. (She hates coffee, don't worry about it.)
The espresso was to counter the fact that the second ingredient in both the mix and the soda is sugar.
First I mixed the espresso powder into the cake mix, then I poured in the Coke. It foamed up in a quite interesting way at first, but that dissipated as soon as I started mixing.
Once everything was mixed together I poured it into a parchment-lined pan and baked it according to the instructions on the mix box.
The cake came out cracked and flat. It did not rise very much.
Once it cooled off enough, I tried some. The cake is hard to cut. It's sticky (because of all the sugar) but crumbly (because nothing is really holding it together).
I guess you could call it light, in that there's nothing very substantial about it. But since there's no fat, it really doesn't have much flavor. I can barely taste the chocolate and can't taste the Coke at all. The espresso comes through, though.
I guess this recipe is good for someone who can't eat eggs. I will just stick to regular cake.
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I really want to tell you all about this new idea I have for a Cookie (related to the whole Cake Kingdom idea I mentioned earlier), but I’m having a lot of trouble formulating the thoughts into a cohesive manner, so I can’t really tell you in a way that makes sense, and it’s really frustrating
I’ll just try to give you the gist here, see if that helps. Her name is (tentatively) Cake Mix Cookie, she rules over this Cake Kingdom, she’s a child, like 9-12 (may also be immortal and eternally that age, but I haven’t decided yet), and she’s inspired by the Candy Queen from Fionna and Cake and way too much listening to Baked with Love. Hopefully that informs some of her personality, as well as her being an immature child
She’d probably also try to kill Gingerbrave and co at least once, via putting them in a giant mixer, though maybe they’d eventually form an alliance with her
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“General Mills, Home of Betty Crocker Services” (1950)
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