Once in a while, there comes a time when you want to try a healthy recipe, either for health reasons, or to see how they taste compared to the “real thing.” Nuts N More came out with a new flavor of high protein peanut butter – Cookie Dough peanut butter. I wanted to try it,…
Where’s your cake pan? Don’t have one? Well, not everyone has the luxury of having a big kitchen with lots of space for all kinds of kitchen equipment. At the same time, even if you do have the space, not everyone wants their kitchen to be packed with tons of different cake pans and kitchen…
Making a perfect cookie is like reaching the pinnacle of your baking career. Once you have that perfect recipe and have discovered the perfect method to make those cookies, you are set for life. However, it can be difficult to get to this point of perfection. I know from experience that you will have to…
Flaky, buttery, melt in your mouth pie crust….nothing can beat it! Every pie needs a perfect pie crust but what are you to do when you are missing some necessary pie crust ingredients? Well, don’t get too distressed about the future of your pie- it will be just fine! There are plenty of ways to…
Many of us know and love the smell of a warm loaf of bread baking in the oven. Freshly baked bread is quite different from the sliced loaves of packaged bread we buy from the grocery store. Making bread by hand is entirely possible and actually a wonderful experience, but many of us have time…
Craving cupcakes but can’t find any liners? Fret not, linerless baker! With a few simple tricks, you’ll be cranking out cupcakes without the need for any liners. Sure, liners are handy for keeping your tin clean, but don’t let their absence get in the way of you making some delicious cupcakes. Now, grab your tins,…
When reading different recipes for pie crusts, you may have come across a few that suggest using pie weights…what exactly does that mean? Why do you need to weigh down your pie? And, most importantly, is this a direction you can just skip or will there be terrible baking repercussions? I can answer all of…
It doesn’t matter how amazing you are at baking, how long you have been a baker or what you are baking, eventually, you are going to mess up. I’ve been baking for many years and I still make baking errors regularly. However, my mistakes are why I can write this article with confidence and experience-…
Have you ever been craving cake so you pick up a box of cake mix, bring it home, and then decide that maybe, what you really want, is cookies? So now what? All you have is cake mix but your stomach is screaming coooooookies!!! If only there was a way to turn that cake mix…
Even as a professional pastry chef and wedding cake decorator, there are many times when decorating a cake seems like a lot of work. You have to make the frosting and get it to the right consistency, occasionally dye the frosting, ice the cake perfectly and then constantly switch pastry tips and piping bags as…