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    Cake ingredients substitutions

    Balsamic is beautiful in Chocolate cakes!
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    Shortening substitute?

    Originally, the definition of shortening was either a solid fat or a liquid oil, which could be either animal or vegetable in origin. Shortenings include butter, margarine, vegetable oils, processed oils [partially or completely hydrogentated] and lard. Over time this generalised term has...
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    Using potato starch instead of corn starch

    In Pan di Spagna, you can substitute cornstarch for the potato starch. It's approximately the same. 1. Potato starch is the starch extracted from potato: potato flour is cooked, dried & powdered potato. The starch is tasteless, the flour tastes like potato .. 2. tapioca starch is not a good...
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    Ganache help

    pouring 1:1 semi-sweet to whipping cream weight to weight with at least 52% cocoa icing 2:1 semi-sweet to whipping cream weight to weight with at least 52% cocoa 3:1 milk to whipping cream weight to weight 4:1 white to whipping cream weight to weight [good luck!] Mix and sit in covered...
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    Cake flour substitution for regular flour

    Bleached cake flours are especially formulated to absorb high levels of sugar, eggs and water/milk. This produces a fine crumbed, higher-rising, lighter cake than one made with all-purpose. Recipes utilising cake flour are formulated to take the characteristics of the chemically adaped flour...
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    Aluminum foil on bottom of oven

    >>> I keep aluminum foil on the bottom of my oven to keep it clean<<< It voids your warranty. Every oven manufacturer specifically advises against it. Foil traps heat or will cause "melting", resulting in damage to the product and a shock or fire hazard. Teflon coated mats [PTFE-Coated...
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    Baking Meringues

    Temperature way-y-y too hot. 4 egg whites 220g caster sugar Preheat oven to 150°C/Gas Mark 2. Beat egg whites on low speed, until the eggs are foamy and starting to bubble. Increase speed to high for 2-3 minutes or until soft peaks form. Add the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, and continue...
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    Cupcake Fiasco Help!!! Too dense!

    1. puree will "dense" up the ccakes 2. use two whole eggs: the 2 egg whites don't provide enough structure of the batter with puree 3. add another teaspoon of baking powder: the batter with puree will need more than one teaspoon to leaven it .. 4. don't use cake flour - the lower gluten...
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    What is Bengal Gram?

    Cook's Thesaurus is incomplete: Two variants of chickpea (Cicer arietinum): * Desi is the Indian variant with small, darker seeds and a rough coat. Bengal gram or kala chana is cultivated mostly in the Indian subcontinent, Ethiopia, Iran, and Mexico. * Kabuli is the European variant with...
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    Courgette (Zucchini) griddle cakes

    Loose Translation: 375g/13oz courgettes [2 cups zucchini] 1/2 tsp curry powder 1 fresh red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1/2 tsp fresh thyme leaves 1 egg, lightly beaten 75ml/2 1/2fl oz milk [5 tablespoons] 125g/5oz plain flour...
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    Blurb: Cooking With Science!

    The trouble with "thinking geeks" is that they can mistake cooking/baking for pure science, disregarding the artistic flair, and pure leaps of faith that the process can involve ..
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    Help with Gluten-Free Flour

    Try besan [roasted chickpea flour]. On the packet I have, it has a recipe for fish dipped in besan and pan fried.
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    Crispy fries: remove starch?

    Starch is insoluble in cold water. When placed in warm water, the starch absorbs water, swelling in size and causes the liquid to thicken.
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    Baking a Butter cake

    1. give the generic cake mixes a miss .. try using Greens Traditional Cake Mix Golden Butter to start off with .. 2. standard simple AU buttercake: 125g butter 3/4 c caster sugar 2 eggs 1 ts vanilla 1 1/2 cups plain flour* 2 ts baking powder* 1/4-1/3 cup of milk[depands on batter] * I don't...
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    Pricing for fondant decorated cake?

    my friends are asking me to make them cakes too Are you "legal" ? If you sell cakes, it is usually required that you be registered as a business, be insured etc etc .. You better find out before you start selling .. To price a cake, you have to cost everything - materials, utility consumption...
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    Non-wheat flour substitutions

    If it is a "non-wheat" substitution because of gluten, then neither oat or barley flour will replace any named GF flours.
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    Understanding RED VELVET CAKE

    Red Velvet Cake Recipes Red Velvet Cake Recipes
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    How to Smooth Icing on Cakes and Cupcakes?

    texas girl seems to be thinking of Poured Fondant which is a smooth cooked cake covering. The cake covering used above is Rolled Fondant, an uncooked sugarpaste, that is "ready to roll" eg Satin Ice, WIlton, FondeX, Pettinice etc. Rolled Fondant can be purchased or made from a recipe like...
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    Kase Sahne Torte

    CHEESE AND WHIPPING CREAM CAKE♦ (KÄSE-SAHNETORTE) CAKE: 3 eggs (separated) 2 tablespoons cold water 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. 1/3 cup flour 1/3 cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat 3 egg whites with a dash of salt...
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    A question of food history

    Kisel/Kissel consists of a sweetened juice or milk, thickened with arrowroot, cornstarch, potato flour* rye, wheaten or oatmeal flour Historical Information plus recipes: Moscow Restaurant Guide - Kissel Kissel / TOP 10 Restoran.ru FYI * Potato Flour is cooked potato that is dried and then...
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    Lazy Daisy Cake

    Same name - different recipes .. Lazy Daisy Cake 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup milk 1/4 cup butter Icing 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup heavy cream 6 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup finely...
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    Need Help: Celiac Chocolate Cake

    Search 1. "celiac" as well as "coeliac" 2. GF 3. gluten-free [note: wheat-free is not the same as gluten-free because some other grains have proteins so similar to gluten that they cause an allergic reaction as well] Archduc, your "english roots" are showing ..
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    How do I add moisture in cakes?

    Try this one from a NZ cake site: versatile butter cake 125grams of softened butter 2/3 cup of caster sugar 2 eggs (lightly beaten) 1 tsp Vanilla Essence 2 cups Self Raising Flour 2/3 cup milk Line and grease a deep 8" round cake tin [20-22cm size] Beat butter and sugar until light and...
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    ISO the perfect cupcake recipe!

    Fill cupcake papers/moulds 1. 1/2 full for "flat" top 2. 2/3 - 3/4 full for domes 3. nearly full for "mushroom" tops The structure for the cupcake depends on the density of the batter: eg a thin, oil-based chocolate batter can run the risk of over-flowing while a fudgy batter may not dome...
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    Size of sugar grain (powder vs granulated): does it really matter?

    I don't know how helpful this will be to your understanding - the recipe seems to be quite a good biscuit[cookie] recipe .. Creaming the butter and sugar develops air cells in the batter, which helps give volume and texture. The grains or crystals cut through the solid fat allowing air to be...
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