Amused

[callistra]

Assumptions: as I have no packet mixes handy, I've allocated an entire 300mL carton of milk. This also means you can have a coffee while in the kitchen. Plus, eggs I have at 60 cents each as I usually get free range etc eggs, and allocated 2 for the packet mix as the normal cake required 2 as well.

:-)

			$$		Recipe
cocoa		375	3.3	0.0088	50	$0.44	12%
flour		10000	10.15	0.001015	200	$0.20	6%
sugar		1000	2.21	0.00221	275	$0.61	17%
baking powder		125	1.95	0.0156	5	$0.08	2%
eggs		2	1.2			$1.20	33%
vanilla		50	3.84	0.0768	5	$0.38	11%
butter		500	2.96	0.00592	125	$0.74	20%
						$3.65	100%
mix		340	3.6	1	1	$3.60	66%
eggs		2	1.2			$1.20	22%
milk		300	0.67	1	300	$0.67	12%
						$5.47	100%

General pricing info drawn from http://www.groceryzone.com.au/

Comments

[pooxs.livejournal.com]

isn't baking powder the stuff that makes plain flour rise? why not just use self raising flour?

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

I don't keep it in my house. It's a waste. I can just keep a big barrel of plain flour, and just add the baking powder when I need it. *shrug* My mum keeps both, that's how I was brought up, but I've just changed my habits.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I buy ten kilos of plain flour at a time, so it comes out at almost a dollar a kilo. I can't get it any cheaper, and I don't see the point in having ten kilos of one type of flour plus one or two kilos of the same stuff plus a little raising agent.
:-)

So, basically, what Cait said! LOL! And same here - Mum always had both too.