Following the first commandment of baking for children:

Thou shalt use sprinkles.

I thought the first commandment of baking for children was "thou shalt use a ton a frosting, even after the portion the kids swipe before you get it on the cake". Or at least, that's what I thought when I was a kid :-/

@derobert Different denominations? ^_^

Apparently. Will no doubt result in a holy war someday.

Fought with rolling pins and palette knives.

my mom's was "don't let them lick the beaters, that's gross (but tell them it's cause of raw eggs)"

@Jefromi I used to get to lick the bowl & beaters until my mom heard about salmonella in raw eggs.

@Stephie And probably announced by banging spoons on the pots, because it's kids after all.

@Jefromi in my parents' household, I and my father fought over the beaters and bowls for licking

my mother looked at it, amused

wassup @Jolenealaska @ElendilTheTall @rumtscho

And other people I might fail to remember

oh no I'm the forgotten mod

Sorry @Jefromi

You weren't around much during my occasional delurks

Just teasing! I know I'm not the chatty one either :)

Bit late for the Europe folks unfortunately, and... no idea what time it is in Jolene land!

Her hours are pretty unusual anyway :P

Bit late for the weak, feeble Europe folks who don't see the benefit of staying up until the early hours dicking about on the internet

right, that's what I meant