Original Post by: KR105 at Plan For pandemic
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(HappyCamper)I just baked up two cakes from mixes that were past their prime. The first was mixed as directed and gave fairly slender layers. (Who said you can never be too thin? These undoubtably were!)
For the second mix, I added a heaping teaspoon of baking powder to the mix and PERFECTO - ended up with plump, happy looking layers for the cake.
Just in case you have any mixes lurking in the back of the shelf - try this, it works great.
Thank you so much KR105:
Was baking butter cookies and I used old flour. I really didn't think much about the flour being old. It was about 1 year 5 months, from when I bought it.
I made a total of 8 batches. I wrapped them in plastic and put the in the refridge. The next day, I baked up 2 cookie sheet worth of cookies and they were flat. So, remembering this thread, I put in double the amount of baking powder required and mixed the batch up in the kitchen aid and wala, the rest of my butter cookies were perfect. Just the way they should be and they taste great.
You saved me a lot of money in butter and my time. Thank you so much...