I am 78 years old and have raised 10 wonderful children who are now scattered all across the country. You don't want to hear the numbers on grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I have been widowed for 11 years and now live with one of my sons and daughter-in-law. However, I still get to use my baking and cooking skills that had lots of practice in the years of raising my family.
I am still very active, work 4 days a week as our church secretary, drive everywhere within a 5 hour distance to visit my family, fly when distances are longer. I bake often for special occasions and for church get-togethers and recently baked a wedding cake for one of my granddaughters. I love King Arthur unbleached AP flour and I love reading your blogs. Wish they were available when I was a young mother. P.J., you are so much fun and you bring not only good learning experience to this senior citizen, but a full order of joy along with it. Thank you and all your co-workers for sharing your tips in such an entertaining way.
I only used a cake flour (Swans Down) one time years ago; never felt it was worth the effort. If I won the KA unbleached cake flour I would make that wonderful raspberry decorated recipe (that you illustrated so beautifully) for my son and my pastor (who is like a son to me) whose birthdays are just 5 days apart next month. My daughter-in-law has a wonderful raspberry patch in her garden that yields plentifully and both of those men love raspberries. I have been on a gluten-free nutrition program for several months and have felt the best I have in years. This new cake flour sounds like a winner to me. Hope to see it in the stores soon!
August 4, 2009 at 8:37pm