figured out one of the things wrong with my bean cake

[Guest guest]

Call off the dogs -- I think.

The unsweetened cocoa powder that I put into the recipe turned out NOT to be

what I'd

thought. Here, at my HoneyPie's house, I'd thought that I could trust that what

was inside

a jar was what the label said was inside. Apparently this is a VERY VERY (I

hope) old jar of

unsweetened cocoa.... and ... truth to tell .... a FORMER person of the female

persuasion....

many many many moons ago (YEARS! I'M HOPING, since we'll been together nonstop

for

three years in February) had consolidated space and poured up regular " cocoa

mix " -- the

sweetened kind, with nonfat dry milk, why, and sugar added -- into the old

Droste's

container, since it looked more " quaint " that way. hah!

Heh.

serves him right.

I shall have to the whole recipe again.

And he will have to taste it again -- well, not " HAVE " to... but, if he derned

well knows

what's good fer'em (now that I know the truth!) he WILL taste it again!

Hah.

And while I'm at the store getting unsweetened baker's cocoa, I will also get

baking

Splenda.

--Annie

Neeeiiiiooowwwwuuuuu..... (scratch, hiss!)

[Guest guest]

Also, Nutrasweet doesn't hold up to baking like Splenda does. It loses its

sweetness. That may have been another difference.

Laurie in Seattle

" I read recipes like I read science fiction. I get to the end and think

'well, that's not going to happen.' " -- Rita Rudner