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My husband is a self-professed lover of berry pies, as is my son. (It must be a guy thing.) Moi? Cake, for sure. A moist slice of cake (or a good cupcake) is one of my guilty pleasures. My excuse reasoning is, if I'm going to indulge in this carb and sugar laden confection, I want to make the fat grams count. That translates to "it has to be really, really good". I've had my share of dry cakes, and I won't bother finishing them. Oh, and canned frosting? Won't happen, with me. You can blindfold me, and I'll pick out chemical-laden, artificially flavored frosting every single time. Not for me, especially when homemade frosting is easy to make, and fun!
I'm still searching for the "Ultimate Moist White Cake". I've already found…
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20been%20very%20scarce,%20since%20June.%20Most%20of%20my%20regular%20readers/followers%20know%20that%20I%20had%20a%20total%20knee%20replacement.%20My%20recovery%20has%20been%20more%20difficult%20than%20I%20anticipated.%20The%20good%20news%20is%20that%20I'm%20continuing%20with%20physical%20therapy,%20and%20that%20all%20the%20surgery%20pain%20and%20discomfort%20is%20gone.%20%20I'm%20still%20not%20walking%20at%20100%25%20(meaning,%20I've%20still%20got%20a%20limp),%20but%20I%20have%20enough%20strength%20to%20stand%20long%20enough%20to%20cook%20simple%20recipes.%20%20It'll%20be%20a%20few%20more%20weeks%20before%20I%20can%20make%20recipes%20that%20requires%20more%20work/time--%20but%20it's%20coming!%20Thank%20you%20for%20all%20of%20your%20encouragement.%3C/p%3E){kind=link}