I've been playing around with a white cake version of this for cupcakes. It's bake sale season around here and cupcakes are always a big seller. The problem I kept running into was texture. My 15 yr old said it tasted like cornbread, meaning a coarse texture. I ended up using cake flour and superfine sugar and that seemed to do the trick. The original recipe calls for all purpose flour so I got out my scale and weighed an equal amount of cake flour (125g/cup). I'm not sure on the substitution ratio in cups of cake flour for all- purpose. I also added in about 1/3 c of sprinkles to make them funfetti:) This is my version of the recipe Vegan Cupcakes from allrecipes. This is definitely not vegan anymore. 2c all purpose flour (I used 250g cake flour) 1 1/2 c buttermilk 1 c superfine sugar 2 t baking powder 1/2 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 1/2 c oil 1/2 t vanilla 1/2 t almond extract Preheat oven to 350�. Line 18 muffin cups with liners. In large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. In separate bowl whisk together buttermilk, oil, and extracts. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix just until blended. Spoon into muffin cups and bake 15-20 minutes.

There are may versions of the Better Than Sex Cake.This recipe was given to me by an aunt. I made it once many years ago to take to work. It was a hit. 1 (18.5 oz) yellow cake mix 1 (1 lb 4 oz) can crushed pineapple 1 C sugar 1 ( oz) pkg vanilla pudding mix (not instant) 1 C whipping cream, whipped & sweetened flake coconut, lightly toasted Prepare cake mix according to directions on pkg. Pour into 13 x 9 pan and bake as directed. Cool. Combine pineapple & sugar & bring to a boil. Cool slightly. Poke holes into cooled cake with a fork. Pour pineapple mixture over the cake. Prepare pudding mix according to directions. Cool. Spread over pineapple & chill. Just before serving, cover with whipped cream & sprinkle with coconut.

For us, it was going thru 2 general contractors before firing them and doing it ourselves. The first one did excellent work, came highly recommended, until we found out he had a severe drinking problem with several DUI's. Upon interviewing a former client of his, we found out he would show up 3 hours late, make himself drinks in the house, the whole job took twice as long, and that client would never hire him again. But his craftsmanship was flawless! Go figure. So we offered to still use him if he went into professional counseling to deal with his alcoholism. He blew up, we walked away from the deal, and found another one. The second one we used to fix a rental house we bought to live in while the main house was being done. All he had to do was install an IKEA kitchen, refinish the wood floors, remove the popcorn, and take a wall out. Simple enough. When we saw the wavy uneven floors (he refused to rent a new machine and tried to use an old one he got a "deal on"), along with the puddles of dried polyurethane (we actually thought the dog had pee'd on the floor!), and the inept help he got (they couldn't even install IKEA cabs properly), we fired him on the main house and withheld payment. Of course, he cried foul and tried to make a stink about it, but one of us is an attorney, so we know our rights! LOL We ended up general contracting the main house ourself, it turned into a year long total gut job renovation, I had a great team of subs, we only made a few mistakes along the way, and I gained a profound respect for general contractors. And the money managing skills I gained that year actually paid off...in my main job I was asked to fix and maintain a multi-million dollar departmental budget, which was a piece of cake after doing a house.

Wendy: Thanks for having the courage to stand up for a small little child... she must have hell in her life with that kind of treatment.. if the lady kicked you............ think of what she must do to the little girl.... Damn it makes me mad... I suppose I would be in jail... cause how I feel about her now... I would be in a ORANGE Jump Suit... **** I'm wondering if it is even her child.. IT COULD BE A STOLEN CHILD>>> THERE ARE SEVERAL MISSING RIGHT NOW !!! one dumb mom little girl has been missing since June 9th and she never turned her in as missing... the Grandfather turned it in... now the dumb mom is in jail... her story is.......... I dropped my little girl off at a friends house.. now I lost contact with the friend..... HOW DAMN LAME IS THAT>>> and NOT TO DIAL 9ll What the H ___ !!!!!!!! I'm just so angry when people abuse small children and or Old people... any abuse is just totally unexceptable ! ! ! Dang My blood pressure goes up sky high on this subject... and ALL these men killing their wives and X wives.............. S I C K !!!!!!!!!!!! Well once again I THANK YOU FOR Making the attempt to help and for doing the RIGHT THING>>>> I know I would want you to help my daughter.. or granddaughter... *** Prayers for the little children !!! & Prayers for you & your family !!! THANKS ! ! ! God Bless ! SusieSunshine (