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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:37 pm
pies would have been easier, you use Pillsbury pre done crusts and just fill with fruit from a jar, and put another Pillsbury crust on top. VOILA done. would have taken an hour to do all of them in prep time, and just would have had to bake.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 8:44 am
I think pies would have been easier only because I'd have bought Mrs. Smith's frozen pies and "home-baked" them.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 9:59 am
The Pillsbury Dough Boy is my secret weapon in the baking dept. And when all else fails, there's always Sara Lee! 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 10:04 am
LOL, Merrysea, I too have been wondering why we shouldn't use the "semi-homemade" method of frozen pies, or sheetcake from Safeway (I would add some decorations).
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, September 25, 2009 - 1:07 am
I am anxiously awaiting the final installment of "Cakes, Coconut and Colossus" or " I Made 10 Diddlydamn Cakes For The 1st & Final Time"
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, September 25, 2009 - 11:07 am
Or "On to Pie Heaven." Or "Midwest Cake Fest Takes Deadly Turn" Or "Take This Cake and Cram It" Or ...
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Friday, September 25, 2009 - 12:31 pm
My MIL loves coconut cake, and every year I must bake her this special coconut cake recipe she loves. I think she is lucky she does not have nuts to be wrung.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, September 25, 2009 - 1:02 pm
"Shutting the cake/pie hole"
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, September 25, 2009 - 6:23 pm
You ladies are cracking me up - and I have a cold that makes laughing this hard a cough-attack!! You all should be professional "Title Creators." Now - when do we get the last installment???
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 3:10 pm
A couple of days have passed and no update from Goddessatlaw. Did things take a terrible turn and Colossus hasten her demise by stuffing her full of coconut 'til she no longer breathes? Or pull a Hansel and Gretel move and shove her into the oven!? I hope not. Perhaps she made it to that lovely beach and has no internet connection or has been too drunk from lovely alcoholic Island drinks (sans coconut) and warm tropical breezes to post. Methinks I will google bizarre cake/fish fry accident/events/murder/sucides.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 5:03 pm
Nah. The doctors just had a hard time extracting his ding-ding from the electric mixer. I just left the last night of the fish fry with what's left of my sanity. I have a whole new respect for lunch ladies. The girl in charge of the kitchen brought in her boss (cafeteria manager), and I swear I never saw one person create so much food in so little time all by her lonesome. Did you know they make pre-cooked and peeled eggs in big bags for deviled eggs? She made deviled eggs for a thousand people in an hour. By herself. The cakes frosted up perfectly, and for pete's sake I let Colossus coconut a white cake and some frosted brownies. They were purchased immediately and people were demanding more. Go figure. The ladies came through with beaucoup beautiful pies, decorated with cutout stars and whatnot. PTL I didn't attempt to throw a pie in there myself, my self-esteem would have been in the crapper. The sprinkled cakes were a big hit with the kids and we had plenty because they had a child identification program administered by the local popo. Have I told you what a joy it is to see a firetruck packed with firemen in their overalls and boots pull up, park and pile into the cafeteria? My SIL was there with her grandchildren and I thought she was going to die of happiness. Much merriment was made of Colossus taking photographs of my pathetic creations. I told everyone how much fun my girlfriends were having at the notion of me baking anything. Aaannnnddddd . . .. here they are - the cakewrecks of the week: I'm pointing to Colossus' fabulous coconut creation. Him so proud!! (Notice the bandage on my finger - I never enter a kitchen where I don't leave wounded.)
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 5:29 pm
I want to thank each and every one of you for sticking with me through this ordeal, which would have been unmanageable without your advice and encouragement. It wouldn't seem that baking cakes would be such a source of consternation, but you all know me well enough that you shouldn't be surprised that something so miniscule was also so out of my scope of reference that I enlarged it to Defcon 1. So again, my humble thanks and a huge bow to all on here who create beautiful confections for love and for profit! I have to pick a project for next year when I'm goddess of the lodge, and I promise you that project will not be cooking. I have decided to interview and publish in the lodge paper the remembrances of the military veterans at the lodge (we still have a number of WWII veterans, as well as veterans of Korea and Vietnam). I'm looking forward to creating written histories of these fine men both for the lodge and for their families to keep forever.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 5:30 pm
And Landi, pies would have definitely been easier AND cheaper. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that Aldi's sold deep dish pies for $2.89 each until AFTER the cake-baking escapade.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 5:45 pm
your cakes look great!!!!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 5:54 pm
Tex, you are the soul of kindness. Care for some leftover sprinkles?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 6:12 pm
Weiner, can I interest you in some post-wholesale coconut? Your MIL must do that just to torture you, you could always put a big, fat coconut right in the middle of her otherwise pure white cake and tell her to deal. On the otherhand, no one ever gave my father a better present than my SIL - she presented him with a glass pie pan at Christmas and gave him 12 coupons for him to present to her monthly (with glass pie pan) thereafter, with a request for a specific pie for her to bake and deliver. He showed up on her doorstep every month, they had a visit and she presented him with his pie of choice within the week and they had another visit. He hoarded his pies, did not share, and loved every minute he got to spend with her and my brother. You are a terrific Son-in-law. I am pretty sure she knows this.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 7:06 pm
GAL, I gotta agree with Annie. Your cakes look great. You did yourself proud and you did it all without shedding Colossus's blood. You go, girl!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 7:07 pm
LOL GAL, I would be happy to have your sprinkles! I have chaired many a bake sale (between church and my kids' schools) and those are right up there with our best sellers!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 9:52 pm
I was thinking that finger was awfully suspicious looking. Glad to know the girth is a bandage. Sticking to writing for next year's contribution sounds like the way to go. Of course, you could always write up a chronicle of this year's contribution, titled: "Sprinkles Cure All Ills and Other Little Known Baking Secrets" or "Crumb Coats Won't Keep a Gal Warm" or "Coconut Tricks and the Baking Chicks Who Turn Them" or ...
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 10:12 pm
Well done GAL, you can walk proudly amongst the other wimmin of the fish fry league. Thanks for the pictures, you did a good job with the frosting, nice swirls. I am pleased to know that your story ends happily ever after. It was fun for us at TVClubhouse. I feel remiss that I did not suggest that you simply make Rice Krispie Treats. The easiest thing in the world and the 1st to go at any bake sale or potluck event. Throw in a few M & M's or drizzle some chocolate or peanut butter and you are gold. A person can never have too many sprinkles. I had my 3 yr old nephew and 2 yr old niece here a couple weeks ago and decided that we would make a cake. 1st time 2 yr old really participated. Nephew wanted to decorate with sprinkles and I said I would see if I had any and he piped up right away saying "The sprinkles are in that cupboard over there." He is my little baking buddy and he remembers. BTW, you do know that Colossus sent in those coconut ringers don't you?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 12:37 pm
New book title: "Coconut Ringers and Their Ilk"
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 1:47 pm
Heh, funny you should mention that Sugar, one of the ladies at lodge brought in some pies and a huge pan of rice krispie treats for the workers. The ladies in the pie room let us all have what we wanted, then cut up the rest of the krispie treats to sell. They were GONE in no time flat. Who knew teh krispies were such a prized item? "Coconut Ringers and Their Ilk." I like it, I'm going to shove it where the sun doesn't shine as soon as he wakes up from his post-fry coma.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 3:20 pm
hello dollies are even easier and Colossus can have his treasured coconut!! (and the coconut is actually tasty in this) Hello Dolly Bars Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups crushed cinnamon graham crackers (about 8 graham crackers) 2 cups of chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups of shredded coconut 1 1/2 cups of chopped pecans 1 14 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup of butter Method: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Pour melted butter into an 11x7 or 8x8 cake pan. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs into pan, and mix well with melted butter to form a crust. Layer on top of graham-cracker crust chocolate chips, coconut and pecans. Evenly pour sweetened condensed milk over everything. Bake in oven for 25 to 30 minutes, top should be light brown. Let cool in pan for at least half an hour, cut into bars and serve. Variations: Some recipes use butterscotch and chocolate chips. Likewise, you can use walnuts or any other nut you like as well. I used cinnamon graham crackers because that's what I had in my pantry, and while plain graham crackers are more traditional, I thought the cinnamon added a nice touch.

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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 4:23 pm
I've always done the Hello Dollys with 2 different chips. Either butterscotch and chocolate or Reese's and chocolate. So yummy.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 8:05 pm
Those were 7-layer bars in our house - but made w/PB chips and choc. chips and topped w/peanuts, not pecans. It's the one and only way I ever eat coconut and LOVE it! 
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