Category: Baking Tips

When I make cookies I usually just roll out the dough and try to get it the same thickness all over. You want your cookies to be evenly-thick or they'll bake...

I've always been under the impression, based on dire warnings from many sources, that even the tiniest speck of egg yolk will keep egg whites from beating to a stiff peak. But I wanted to see if...

Oven hot spots are one of many, many things that can ruin a cake. I recently got an email from a reader asking for ideas about why her cupcakes didn't bake the way they should have. Some of...

The question of putting food coloring in cakes and icings has been around for a long time, but it's more of a concern now because of food sensitivities and generally wanting to avoid...

Strawberry fillings in a cake can be a sure recipe for disaster. If you're trying to make a homemade strawberry cake with fresh strawberries and you want to fill it with fresh strawberries too, you...

When you're a beginning cake decorator, you're probably going to be confused by all of the things that people say you "have to have" to decorate cakes. Most of those things are totally unnecessary,...