CHIQUI...I ASSUME YOU WERE RESPONDING TO ONE OF MY MESSAGES. WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD THE SAME DELEMMA...WERE YOU REFERING TO MY DREAM CAKE RECIPE OR ANOTHER ONE. OK...QUESTION...IF THE RECIPE CALLS FOR 4 EGGS, AND I WANT TO USE JUST EGG WHITES...DO I INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EGG WHITES TO 5, OR ONLY USE 4? ON ALL BRANDS OF CAKE MIX, EXCEPT DUNCAN HINES, IF YOU USE EGG WHITES INSTEAD OF EGGS, IT IS ALWAYS INCREASED BY ONE. EG. IF IT CALLS FOR 2 EGGS, USE 3 EGG WHITES. I CALLED PILLSBURY AND THEY SAID TO USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF EGG WHITES AS EGGS. BUT THEIR BOX GIVES DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONS. NEXT QUESTION: I HAVE HEARD OF CREME BOUQUET...BUT I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE FLAVOR OF IT IS... LAST QUESTION...WHEN YOU USE THE SUGAR SYRUP, IF YOU DON'T NEED TO CUT THE TOP OFF TO LEVEL THE CAKE, DO YOU POKE SMALL HOLES IN THE CAKE TO GET THE FLAVOR TO ABSORB DOWN INTO THE CAKE? I THINK I WILL TRY YOUR FILLING SUGGESTION WITH STRAWBERRY...WE LOVE STRAWBERRY FLAVORED THINGS, SO THIS SHOULD BE YUMMY. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP....