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BAKING HINT Dear Heloise: A few years ago, I took two dozen cupcakes to a church function and used toothpicks to hold the cling wrap away from the icing. By the time I got there, nearly all the toothpicks had poked through the cling wrap, and the icing was smashed down by the cling wrap. The following year, I decided to use plastic straws to hold up the cling wrap. I cut them to about 3-4 inches in length and gently inserted them into the icing. This method worked beautifully! — Pat W., Port Huron, Michigan BOUILLON TO THE RESCUE Dear Heloise: My doctor has been after me to reduce my weight a…

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