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TIPS & TRICKS

Cupcakes -

Cupcakes -

Some of you have trouble with your cupcakes RISING! Start with 375°F temperature and once they JUMP, turn down to 325°F and bake the rest of the way.

Cake Mix Curdle -

Cake Mix Curdle -

But what precisely is a split (curdled) cake mix? As many of you will know, the first stage in making many cake batters is to cream the butter and sugar until ‘pale and fluffy’. Usually the eggs are then added, which is when the nightmarish curdle tends to occur. This is because the butter and eggs are often at different temperatures, which makes it far more difficult for the fats in the egg yolk and butter to blend with the water content from the egg whites and butter, i.e. an emulsion can’t be

Alternating method mix of flour and milk –

Alternating method mix of flour and milk –

First add a little dry ingredients – then liquid- dry- liquid – and lastly dry (3 dry and 2 liquid)

cream gone wrong

cream gone wrong

Method Beat the fresh cream in a mixer – look away for a second and voila you have butter!! If your cream separates while you are waiting for it to have peaks, you will notice milk jumping all over, this is butter milk and the cream would have got stuck to your K-beater part. This has turned to butter – don’t panic, add some salt and fresh herbs if you have any at the time, put it into a cling film and roll up like a sausage and put in the fridge. Et Voila you have butter!!

Ok to Sit out or in fridge for a few hours before baking:

Ok to Sit out or in fridge for a few hours before baking:

Chocolate Cake Red Velvet Cake Carrot Cake White Cake Golden Butter Cake Vanilla Cupcakes Pound Cake

Leaving the cake batter on the counter while the other one bakes –

Leaving the cake batter on the counter while the other one bakes –

good or bad idea? Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate is about four times as strong as baking powder. Baking soda starts to react and release carbon dioxide gas as soon as it is added to the batter and moistened, so you will not want to mix your batter and let it sit on the counter. Bake it immediately.

Bake Immediately:

Bake Immediately:

Champagne Cake Sponge Cake Strawberry Sponge Cake Peanut Butter Sponge Cake Lady Fingers Sponge Cake Fruit Cake Roulade Sponge Vanilla Chiffon Lemon Chiffon Banana Cake Hazelnut Daquiose Decadence Cake

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