Frowning at the strange stance, Kami edged closer to peer around and check the contents of the bowl. Once satisfied that Pru had, indeed, done some of the sifting, she stepped back and laughed. "Hold the bowl upright more or you'll spill all over everything," she advised.
Then she reached over and retrieved the butter and shortening. "I'll start on this part. It takes a bit longer than the sifting. You have to get these two mixed together pretty smoothly for it to work right." As she spoke, Kami peeled the wax paper away from the sticks, measuring in automatic habit, and dropped them into another big bowl. Next she switched the hand mixer on and began beating them into one substance. "If you can measure out the brown sugar..?"