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Like when someone complained in a cookery newsgroup about one of my cake recipes not rising well and not tasting very nice. I was baffled, as it was a tried and tested recipe. So I asked whether they had changed anything, like adding more cocoa - as that will dry a cake out. The reply was along the lines of:
They had replaced the white all-purpose flour with wholemeal bread flour.
They had replaced the sugar with molasses.
They had used carob instead of cocoa.
They hadn't used baking powder.
They had replaced the vegetable oil with "applesauce" - whatever the fuck that is.

Though it was still MY recipe that didn't work.
 
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