Pound cake

[GardenWeasel]

Does anyone here use whole wheat flour in their pound cake or twelve egg cakes? Have any of you mailed either of these in Christmas packages? I would love a way to share my bounty of eggs with my grown children but they all live too far to deliver myself.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Don't know so much about the making part of it, since I've never made an actual pound cake, but on the mailing part--cakes are mailed by companies, aren't they? i don't see a reason why you couldn't mail them. Just box them proper? Anyone else with a thought?

 

[freemotion]

Your homemade ones won't have all the preservatives in them....how old are your kids? Will they need to be told to eat them up quickly?

 

[miss_thenorth]

Tht's true--never thought about that. You might need to mail them priority post!

 

[GardenWeasel]

My kids are in their thirties with kids of their own. I would attach an " Open Now" sticker. I know people ship cookies and brownies overseas. I wonder if they arrive in eatable condition. Whole wheat is because my kids don't want to eat a lot of junk food. Any body send baked goods and received feedback?

 

[Wildsky]

My kids are in their thirties with kids of their own. I would attach an " Open Now" sticker. I know people ship cookies and brownies overseas. I wonder if they arrive in eatable condition. Whole wheat is because my kids don't want to eat a lot of junk food. Any body send baked goods and received feedback?

Are they overseas? I've never sent anything like that to my family - because the mail takes at least 2 weeks to get there..

 

[GardenWeasel]

No, they are all in the USA. Just keep trying to find a way to share my eggs with them.

 

[delia_peterson]

GardenWeasel...you gonna share your pound cake recipe?
I mail dessert bread and cookies to friends. They open right away and just dig in. The longest mailing time was 4 days.

 

[GardenWeasel]

First I have to invent it. Thanks delia. I wondered if people really got to enjoy them or were being polite after throwing the stuff away. Then start seeing if the ingredients will come together in a tasty way.I am experimenting with whole wheat peanut butter bars this year too. I will post a recipe if successful or cry about it if not.

 

[freemotion]

Don't cry, just feed it back to the hens so you can turn it into more eggs!