Is Cake From 'scratch' Cheaper Than A Box?
Decorating By cloetzu Updated 31 May 2013 , 10:38pm by vgcea
AHa! Nope, no farm animals here. No egg laying chickens, milk squirtin' cows...nope. Which makes me laugh, cause I have seen people here argue that you aren't really scratch baking if you didn't mill your own flour or make your own butter. So silly.
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Original message sent by AZCouture
Ha! Nope, no farm animals here. No egg laying chickens, milk squirtin' cows...nope. Which makes me laugh, cause I have seen people here argue that you aren't really scratch baking if you didn't mill your own flour or make your own butter. So silly.
Actually it's only 100% scratch if you grow your own wheat and raise your own cows. If you use margarine, 100% scratch requires growing your own vegetables (e.g. soybeans), then extracting, hydrogenating, and emulsifying the oils in equipment you have made yourself.
Ha! Nope, no farm animals here. No egg laying chickens, milk squirtin' cows...nope. Which makes me laugh, cause I have seen people here argue that you aren't really scratch baking if you didn't mill your own flour or make your own butter. So silly.
People really do that? Wow!! Eggs laying chickens is one thing since quite a few people do that where I am from, but mill my own flour? No time for all that.
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Original message sent by bct806
People really do that? Wow!! Eggs laying chickens is one thing since quite a few people do that where I am from, but mill my own flour? No time for all that.
You can buy powered grain millers for home use for around $200. This one is highly rated and has a 20 cup capacity:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UI37N8/?tag=cakecentral-20
I know that you CAN do it, I just didn't realize many people (outside of companies that mass produce) actually do. I appreciate the info, I hear it makes a denser cake, but I won't be milling my own any time soon! haha 
ADon't forget you have to clone your own cows and create the cow embryos in your kitchen lab or else it's not scratch.
Original message sent by jason_kraft
Actually it's only 100% scratch if you grow your own wheat and raise your own cows. If you use margarine, 100% scratch requires growing your own vegetables (e.g. soybeans), then extracting, hydrogenating, and emulsifying the oils in equipment you have made yourself.
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