This was a bit too TOO much to take. I'm reading an old 2007 Bon Appetit and the

[marilynfl]

section called "Too Busy to Cook" featured Amy Keller (LA fashion stylist). Here was her "almost homemade" hint:

1. Take purchased chocolate frosting mix

2. Add a pinch of coarse salt

3. Add 1/8 tsp of vanilla

Really??? A pinch of salt and an EIGHTH of a teaspoon of vanilla--to a packaged icing mix? And this concept makes it into Bon Appetit??? A magazine that people PAY to read!

 

[karennoca]

Sounds like, hurry up we need to get the magazine out, just say something!

 

[mariadnoca]

Icing in a can is one of my personal pet peeves.

 

[michael-in-naples]

Is this the frosting you use for Kwanzaa cake with canned apple pie filling and cornnuts?

 

[marilynfl]

Yes. And you jump over a Dust Buster when serving it.

 

[Marg CDN]

I just read this after a big meal. What a bad idea!