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We really don't use packet mixes here much either.
I've used them this year for the first time to try and produce something different, that people haven't had before. I can't use Mum's tried and tested recipes for that! I'd had fairly recent failures with random recipes found on the internet, so for big occasions (my cupcakes for the Coffee Morning and Mum's birthday cake) I've resorted to packet.
They worked out just fine, so I'd use them again.
But I admit to an Old World hateur about cakes that I don't have about things like dried pasta, ready made sauces or pre-chopped frozen veg.
In this case I want a tried and trusted recipe to be used in a specific mould.
And the highly starred recipes out there involve packets. I did smile wryly at one comment on a board though, "I came here for a recipe, not assembly instructions. Using a packet mix is not baking."
But hey - the name of the cakes make my salivate, and they're supposed to be robust enough to freeze, send overseas and keep for as long as you can resist them, so I'm drawn to them... helplessly... step into the light Carol-Anne...
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