Category "baking"

The chocolate chips in my chocolate chip cookies dont rise to the top

Why does my chocolate chip cookies look "ugly"? The chocolate chips stay insdie the cookies, unlike other chocolate chip cookies, the choco chips go are on top

More dense cookie

I am trying to recreate a cookie my grandmother made. She helped me with the ingredients. I have the taste right, but the texture is wrong. I need a dense, sm

cake shrinks when it cools, becomes smaller than cake board

Is it normal for a baked cake to be smaller than the cake board after it is baked? My cakes are very good and moist, after they have cooled, I always have to tr

Unstretchable Dough problem

What could be the problem of mixed dough( maida, baking powder, salt, butter and cool water) refusal to stretch? I.e it's not stretching out at all. It's just s

Fluids in a turkey

I've never roasted a turkey before today. I had an emergency with a freezer thaw and had to cook a turkey in a hurry. It had been in the freezer a bit and I wa

Flour shortage in baking

I have to make brownies but I am abt 3 tablespoons short of flour, can I replace it with all purpouse flour or should I make the brownies with the less amount

Effects of correcting partially mixed/kneaded dough with flour or liquid

Often, doughs (be it quickbread, enriched yeast bread or cake doughs based on these) turn out too dry or wet in home baking practice, be it by temperature issue

How to Bake Banana into Banoffee Pie

A friend recently went to Ireland and had a banoffee pie with the bananas somehow made into the caramel. How would one go about replicating this? The only rec

Why aren't my macarons as soft as professional ones?

I recently bought some macarons made by professional bakeries. When I got home, I threw them into the freezer and, days later, I checked on them. When I took a

Baking at a lower temperature than the recipe calls for

The recipe calls for 350 degrees for 10 minutes, yet my oven only goes up to 260 degrees. How long should the cake stay in the oven?

Baking in electric oven with only top heating element and no fan [duplicate]

I've just moved in a house with an older electric oven. It only has a top heating element and doesn't have a fan. Every time I try to bake som

Could Agave syrup be used as a substitute for Golden Syrup?

I found a UK recipe calling for "Golden Syrup" and have read thru what is posted already. I'm wondering if Agave Syrup might be used. I do use it for many thing

Pre-making pretzel buns.

I've recently learned how to make my own pretzel buns, and was planning on using a similar technique to make pretzel dinner rolls for thanksgiving dinner next m

Can I bake pita bread on a pan?

I wouldn't like to heat the oven just for making a pita bread for one sandwich. Could I bake it entirely in just a pan, just like some tortilla?

Does baking time increase when making multiple Pumpkin Bread Puddings?

The baking instructions for one Pumpkin Bread Pudding is 350° for 30-40 minutes. Would the time change for baking three at the same time, 1lb 4oz each? Wo

Is there any way to bring an egg to its natural state (not boiled) after you cook it?

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm curious now after I opened the refrigerator looking for eggs to make a cake and there was only one and it was cooked

Can we use white sugar, instead of brown sugar?

I want to bake a cake but I don't have light brown sugar. Can I replace it with white sugar?

Can one bake a cake with a cooked egg instead of a raw one?

This recent question about a person who wanted to bake a cake but only had a cooked egg left suggested me an even stupider one: is it possible to bake a cake wi

Can one use cooked egg to make fried eggs (sunny side up)? [duplicate]

As a kid, I never really liked cooked eggs, but fried ones. Naturally, I've always wondered if cooked eggs could be reused to make fried eggs

When should one ice christmas fruit cakes

It's that time of year again, where Christmas fruit cake have been baked and are being topped up with your favourite dark spirit. My favourite (and most success