If you make a lot of meringue-based buttercreams, or even a lot of white cakes, you’ll eventually have a day that you have a lot of extra egg yolks. If you have any sense of not wasting materials, which translates into not wasting money, you’ll probably try to think of something to do with those […]
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Fat-free cake is a big challenge, but I once had a client who had gone through liver failure, and she couldn’t eat any fats at all. Usually, when a client has dietary restrictions you can get around it by using soy products or egg replacers, that kind of thing. But not being able to use any fat is a little difficult.
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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 them worked and some didn’t, but the batters were the same. The obvious thing to check when this
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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 additives. When I made wedding cakes, I avoided using food coloring in my baked goods if I could, but I didn’t sacrifice
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Strawberry fillings in a cake can be a sure recipe for disaster. Whenever I hear a story from another baker about cake layers sliding during delivery, it usually involves strawberries. Whether it’s strawberries that have been sliced or strawberry preserves, a strawberry is a slippery little devil. To keep your cake from sliding, there are
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I had a bunch of cookies to decorate for wedding favors, and I was looking for a way to do them quickly and without having to pipe as much (since that kills my hands.) Using candy clay is a good way to do this, and it tastes good, too. I’d seen this technique for decorating
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Applying shapes to a decorated cookie is easy, but not necessarily fast. If you want to use a shape that you don’t have a cutter for, you can use the Cricut or another paper cutter, or you can use your handy craft knife, which is what I do. Cut out the shapes. To do these
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Piping designs onto cookies with royal icing is very tiring for your hands…I’ve seen some really incredible cookies made by people who must walk around with their fingers curled up into claws as the result of hand cramps from too much piping. When you make cookies that are decorated, you need to do them in
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I was having a craving for oatmeal cookies, and my daughter is vegan, so since she was home and I knew she would want some I needed to make them dairy and egg-free. The easiest thing to do when you’re looking for a vegan baking recipe is to start with one that uses oil, not
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Fruit jam and reductions serve different purposes in baking, but they’re both easy to make yourself if you want the best flavor. You make them in basically the same way, but reductions are used to get a stronger fruit flavor in fillings and icing. They can both be made by cooking the fruit, or you
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