Last night, I got a sudden craving for the Snackin’ Cakes of my childhood. Do you remember those? They were a box mix that mixed in the pan with a fork, and you just had to add water. They were super moist and yummy.
I don’t do mix cakes anymore (I like to be able to pronounce what I put in my kids’ bodies), and I don’t think the Snackin’ Cakes are made anymore.
So I decided to experiment and come up with my own version.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Snackin’ Cake
Whole Wheat Chocolate
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I like to make cakes from scratch because they taste about a hundred times better, they don’t have any ingredients I can’t pronounce, and the ingredients for cake are things I always have around the house anyway. This week, while my car was in the shop, I felt at ease knowing that at least we had everything I needed to make my boy’s birthday cake. Making a cake from scratch is really not any harder than making one from a mix.
Birthday cake with candles all lit
The thing is, though, that I
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As promised, here are the results of today’s plum baking experiments.
I made a plum bread that did not come out well at all. I may try again, but that recipe doesn’t bear posting! The cake, on the other hand, was fabulous. Here’s that recipe:
Spiced plum cake
Spiced plum cake
Butter and white sugar for preparing the pan
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup of butter, softened
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
Zest of one lemon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4
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March 9th, 2010 | 
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