From: matrix29@charter.net   
      
   "Jonah Falcon"  wrote in message   
   news:24Sdndu3dtON8U3WnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@earthlink.com...   
   > Okay, to keep this newgroup humming, everyone who still peeks in, tell us   
   > what you've been up to.   
      
       Still working as usual.   
       Not much change in the regular pattern.   
      
       Am going to be working on a marshmallow fondant for my mom's birthday   
   cake (3D teddy bear cake pan).  Going to do a test cake bake and bringing it   
   to work prior to making mom's cake so that the bear is solid enough not to   
   fall apart when sitting upright .  Got all of the tools, just need to do the   
   baking and decorating.   
      
       Trickier thing is baking a sugarless cake so my shift supervisor   
   (diabetic) can enjoy some sweet stuff a few days later when the material   
   handler dude has his birthday.   
       I am not keen on using Splenda as sucralose is not terribly healthy in   
   large quantities.  Stevia sweetener is okay, but expensive and has a   
   metallic taste.  The jars of Trehalose sweetener I bought earlier is great,   
   but mucho expensive.  Not going to use the formaldehyde-based sweetener of   
   Nutrasweet.  Agave nectar is also pricy.   
      
       Really a pain trying to find inexpensive sweeteners for diabetics.   
      
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