I had good helpers baking sour cream pound cake yesterday.
After hand washing and assurances that they would follow instructions and take turns,
they started by just watching the butter cream.
Taking turns, the eggs were added one at a time and cups of flour
alternated with the sour cream.
One of the joys of baking is licking the beater so we all shared
a finger full of the delicious batter.
The bowl is heavy of course and I was taller so I poured the batter
into the pans by myself.
My sous chefs were very happy with the outcome,
and when asked what they did today, the first answer was
always, "we baked a cake."
And so I leave you with a question: how do you define "rich" in connection with a cake?
Question: what does the sour cream do?
Answer: it makes the cake richer than ordinary cakes.
Question: what is "richer"?
Answer: hmmmmmm - well, uh, . . .
And there you have it. She is 7. I am 77. I know and understand, I just had a hard
time defining. I'm open to suggestions.
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