@Mary Sorg
I am a retired professional baker & cake decorator of over 40 years. I have taught cake dec. at Renton Votech in & other community colleges in Wa. & Mont. I am finishing my second year as an Americorps member(peace corps state side). I work with youth. I am a certified facilitator for low, high & portable challenges. I am a Christian,injoy crafting, cooking, cake decorating, baking & being a grandma. My Native American great grandmother passed on her recipes to my grandmother, who in turn added, deleted and passed on to my mother, who in turn added, deleted & passed on to me. I never saw any of them ever measure anything, it was always a dash, pinch, palm, 1 hand full (2 –1 handfuls, both handfuls (3- bothhandfuls) etc. Every stage was taste tested for preference (yes, even the dry stage), so it also was the same with me.