The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 08, 2024

Plus, using cake mix makes it easier.

Eat the cake, Brutus. The look seems good.

Preferred baking my cakes from scratch.

Assembled??? Sounds like a ….. “construction” job to me, Gladys!!!

;-)

That’s the kind I bake Gladys. My daughter really does make them from scratch though.

I never liked chocolate cake. Strawberry was my favorite, but I’d also eat vanilla or lemon flavored.

Went shopping today, normal day is Tuesday…….WOW…it was worse than the onset of the pandemic. Rationing TP and water. I got a 24 pack of Coors light, jelly donuts were sold out! Guy at gym said our nasty weather normally comes when it is from the Atlantic side. Looks like he is wrong

It’s still homemade even if she had a little help from Betty Crocker.

Made at home is home made. Its not like they are going to mill their own flour or refine their own sugar, etc.

home is where the cake is…

She’s right. Where would you draw the line? Do you have to lay the eggs at home to make it “homemade”? :D

Cake for dinner sounds like a winner to me!

Close enough .

If I have to stir, it’s homemade

Brutus, you are better off with a cake made from a mix than anything Gladys will cook from scratch.

Made at home of imported parts. Odds of it being edible are better. This way all she has to do is read correctly.

There’s a fundamental difference between being made from scratch and from a box Brutus. Hopefully it takes some of the guesswork out of Gladys, cooking. So eat up!

same with my sister, she makes it super soft and yummy with home made frosting. :g

Nothing wrong with that.

Hey, as long as it tastes good and has lots of frosting on it, don’t ever complain if you know what’s good for you…..

Just be grateful Brutus…..

Some assembly required!

Enjoy, Brutus. It’s not a one cauldron meal.

Don’t question it Brutus, be thankful she’s serving something edible.

I can do that, yellow cake mix, can of crushed pineapple and voila Sunshine Cake!

Just like your mother used to make.

Now I am really hungry for a custard donut and also a piece of cake! At least Brutus gets a piece of home baked cake.

dear ol’ mom was ecstatic when they first came out with cookie dough rolls and i don’t recall complaining that they weren’t “home made”… ☺

I “cooked” breakfast today… technically, making toast is “cooking”, right? Right??? ; )

If I knew you were coming

I’d have baked a cake

Baked a cake

Baked a cake

If I knew you were coming

I’d have baked a cake

How do you? How do you do? How do you do?

I heard that song in a MASH episode.

Cake for dinner? Sign me up!

Sending heartfelt prayers of protection to all in Florida. My heart goes out to you all. I still tear up seeing videos of the destruction from Helene. There are no words, my heart cries.

Well, not only did she “assemble” it, but she had to mix up the batter and bake it. So I guess she can take some of the credit.

Interesting history of boxed cake mixes: They were around at least since the Depression, but sales went flat in the early 50s. Market researchers learned that housewives didn’t like the “just add water” products — it left them feeling as if they hadn’t made enough effort and weren’t doing their jobs. So the mixes were changed so they had to add an egg, and sales went up. Another successful ploy was to encourage women to decorate their cakes, to make it their own.

It’s still homemade, it’s just not from scratch.