Speaking Of Sifting Who Does With Mixes?
Decorating By jessieb578 Updated 15 Sep 2007 , 3:13pm by marthajo1
I sift everything but the PS. I used to sift the PS too but stopped - can't tell a difference.
Duncan Hines is my mix of choice and I rarely need to sift it - however when the store is out of DH, and I have to sub Betty Crocker - I ALWAYS have to sift - it is EXTREMELY lumpy in my opinion, and many of them are very hard lumps. I don't own a sifter, they always get rusted and start dropping metal wire in my stuff - instead I use a smaller colander w/small mesh holes and a handle (wal-mart) and LOVE it!
Instead of sifting, I put all my dry ingredients in my KA bowl and use a wisk to combine them. The wisk gets rid of all the lumps from the mix and I also have less mixing time after I add the wet ingredients. My cakes also come out dense with no air bubble problems. I like the wisk, because it gives the same effect as sifting, but no mess.
this is what i do too!! It works on the powder sugar too!
I sift.
Another advantage to this is that you can catch anything that doesn't belong in the mix. Manufactuers do make mistakes. I read one post from a member who made a wedding cake for a relative, and they found a staple in the cake when they served it.
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