Oops

[rootofnewt]

I screwed up. My carrot cake recipe calls for 1tsp of baking soda. I used baking powder (featherweight). Ah well. One of the primary ingredients in my baking powder is bicarbonate of phosphate or whatever that is which makes a good substitute for baking soda. These layers might be a little airy. It's aluminum-free baking powder, so it shouldn't affect flavor too much. Nothing a little cream cheese frosting can't handle.

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In other news, there's a leak somewhere along my windshield washer fluid line... or the motor itself is upset. I filled the damn thing full at WalMart, tried to use it coming home--nothing. I figured the line might be frozen with a bit of summertime fluid (though there shouldn't be any of that in there). I checked on it when I came home--nearly empty again. Ugh.

I wish the parts for these things were easy to get to so I could fix it myself, but it's a pain in the arse. Damn Buick.

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Re: Guess what?

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Well, at first, I thought it was the cold. Living south of the Mason-Dixon, I have on occasion bought windshield wiper fluid without bothering to note the temperature. It's not all cold-weather stuff down here. o_O.... I've had it freeze in the lines and ON MY WINDSHIELD before. That was a fun experience (different car, MD/WV mountains, snowstorm). I have a definite leak somewhere along the line, though. And this isn't an easy part to get to. *sigh* If it were easy, I'd have fixed it already.