High Altitude Recipes?

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kaylorco Posted 28 Jun 2007 , 9:58pm
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Hello,

Is there an existing High Altitude baking section here? Is there is, I can't find it. I live at just shy of 6,000 ft. and aways have to alter cake recipes. I would love to see some already printed up!

Thanks,
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Elserj Posted 28 Jun 2007 , 10:03pm
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Where do you live? I live in at ~ 6,000 ft city also. I find I don't always have to alter. Mostly just minor liquid addition and baking time. PM me sometime and I can share some recipes.

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singsing Posted 29 Jun 2007 , 2:55pm
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I know on the box mixes (at least BC, although they are changing) you cut the oil by about 2/3! gotta love the high altitude it goes from like 8 grams fat to 2. and increase the water almost as much and add a couple tablespoons of flour. I do this with mixes that dont have HA directions too. I bet for scratch cakes its about the same cut down on the levening But they usually turn out ok for me without altering I'm not quite 6000, geez you must be high. I'm only around 4800 - 5000

lol I had to laugh when I was with my inlaws back east and they were exclaiming over the summit we passed at 2000!!! I was like what's the big deal. I can climb 4000 easy just going to a picnic at 9000 +

here is a good ling
http://www.ochef.com/327.htm

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kaylorco Posted 30 Jun 2007 , 3:53am
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I live NW of Denver, CO. I Just was wondering if there were some tried and true recipes here already. I have 2 recipes that I feel are pretty "right on". A killer Mocha, and a Coconut Sour Cream that my family requests for their birthdays year after year. I have changed the originals so much that I don't think I could cite the original recipe any longer.

Singsing...you made me laugh as well...I remembered a coworker of my hubby's from NY came here and we took him up to the top of one of our 14,000 ft peaks. We warned him that if he started to feel odd, to be sure and let us know and we would get him down quickly. Guess who suffered from altitude sickness? Yep...the natives, not the New Yorker. LOLOLOL How embarassing!

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JanH Posted 30 Jun 2007 , 7:26am
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High Altitude Cake and Mix Recipes:
(5,000 - 7,500 & 10,000 ft. elevations.)

http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_circulars/circ293.pdf

HTH

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kaylorco Posted 8 Jul 2007 , 9:59pm
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Thank you very much Jan!

Kay

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