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How Is Peanut Butter Made? The Answer Might Surprise You. You might not NEED to know the answer to the question “How is peanut butter made” in order to make a great peanut butter cookie or pie but the process is very interesting. Making peanut butter is a lengthy yet simple step-by-step process. The peanuts …
What is Tiramisu Dessert exactly? Tiramisu is an Italian dessert with a coffee flavor. It’s prepared with ladyfingers dipped in coffee and covered with a cocoa-flavored whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese. The recipe has been used to make a wide range of cakes and sweets. Its origins are a source of contention …
Wondering how to say Happy Birthday with Cakes? Is it really a birthday party if there isn’t any cake? Obviously not. While everyone has their preferences, and we’ll concede that some folks simply don’t like birthday cake, for the most part, a frosted confection is the perfect choice. Saying Happy Birthday with Cakes Doesn’t Have …
What does baking powder do? Baking powder is a chemical leavening ingredient that is made up of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid. The presence of a buffer, such as cornstarch, prevents the base and acid from interacting prematurely. Baking powder is used to increase the volume of baked foods and lighten their …
Baking Bread in A Dutch Oven – Tips Techniques and More! Baking bread in a Dutch oven is one of the first tasks a beginner bread baker takes on when beginning their baking journey at home—and I’m no exception. It can be difficult to introduce steam into your oven when making bread, so using a …
Bundt Cakes 101: Everything You Need to Know What is Bundt Cake you ask? Are you looking to make someone’s birthday extra special? Then a Bundt cake can be the ideal option for this special occasion. The cakes are finely made so you can get the pleasure of the delicious taste of the item. One …
Gizmos, Gadgets and Basics – Cake Baking Supplies If you are new to sugarcraft, or even if you’ve dabbled a little, you know there are pages and pages of cake baking supplies designed specifically for cake and sugar artists. While you can load your kitchen with gadgets, gizmos and molds of plenty, most of us …
Hummingbird cakes are all the rage these days and so are hummingbird cake recipes. They’re sweet little cakes made with coconut and pecans that have a nice combination of crunchy texture and fluffy cake, all topped off with a drizzle of honey-flavored cream cheese frosting. History of Hummingbird Cake Recipes There’s actually a pretty cool …
Top 3 Hummingbird Cake Recipes Most people have soft spots for cakes and especially Hummingbird cakes. I’d like to share my favorite Hummingbird cake recipes in the post. One of the popular cakes up until now is the sweet and moist hummingbird cake that is hard to resist. It is a frosted, layered confection that …
So you just found out that you need to cutback on your butter intake but you LOVE baking and baked goods so you must figure out what is the best substitute for butter. Does this mean you can never eat cake or donuts again? Are you feeling like life as you know it is over?? …
What Is A Leavening Agent? What is a leavening agent is a question you might ask if you are thinking about making home made bread. A leavening agent is a material that causes doughs and batters to expand by releasing gases from within the mixture, resulting in porous baked goods. Air, steam, yeast, baking powder, …
I am often asked “Can You Use Baking Powder Instead of Baking Soda?” so I decided to write this post. Baking soda is considered a staple ingredient common in the cabinets of both amateur and seasoned bakers. Also called sodium bicarbonate, baking soda was primarily utilized as a raising or leavening agent in baked foods …
Let me offer you some beginner cake decorating tips. You’ve decided that you want to decorate a cake, have you? It’s possible that you’ve done this before, but it’s also possible that you haven’t. In any case, you cannot be considered an expert. Does that seem about right? Great! You are in the proper location …
10 Mistakes A Baker Shоuld Avоіd – Beginner Cake Decorating If you have a lot of parties coming up and your looking for some beginner cake decorating tips you’ve come to the right place! So weather you want to become a master cake decorator or you simply want to bake a cake for the next …
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Edible Flower Arrangements A to Z Edible flower arrangements for cakes have never gone out of style. Turn the pages of a few vintage editions of Good Housekeeping, especially from the ’60s and ’70s, and you’ll come across plenty of dishes consisting of edible flowers. Still, a smattering of pansies on the dinner plates could …
How To Make Cake How to Make Cake – Cake Decorating Course from a National Award Winning baker with over 30 years of cake decorating experience! Let Jodi Schweiss, an award winning cake decorator take you on a journey as she shares her secrets to her success! Take this online class today and learn some …
Learn How to Make Cake Like a Pro! Are you daydreaming and want to learn how to make cake? Learn about beautiful cakes? Have you always wanted to learn how to make cake and try making those fancy cakes you see online and on TV? Well, now you can! There is a super easy …
The Art of Amezaiku – Amezaiku Candy Amezaiku Candy Making – Amezaiku is the fascinating art of rapidly manipulating multi-colored taffy to create sculpted animals and characters. This ancient Japanese candy art tradition requires great skill, for the 200 degree taffy cools quickly and there is little time to work. Before Miyuki, the art was …
Boutique Cake Project (Double Barrelled) – Great cake idea at Pretty Witty Cakes! Learn how to make this Boutique cake idea from Nivia Rodrigues. Project is broken into sections so you can follow each stage in bite size pieces. You will learn: • How to split, fill and dowel a double barrelled cake • How …
