Category "baking"

Baking a tall cake in a regular pan

I need to make a thick one layer cake (3-4") but I don't have a pan that deep. Can I use parchment to add height?

How to raise the cake high for pound cakes

We are baking pound cake. I am all happy about the taste, but I have two problems, please help. After we bake the cake and take it out, we observed after a wee

Can I bake Nutella?

I'm wanting to use Nutella in my cookies. However, I'm not sure if it's okay to bake Nutella under these conditions: Undiluted – I wouldn't mix the Nutel

How do I adjust cooking time for smaller batch of bread?

I've been making this recipe for bread that I really like, but it yields more than I'd like to make at a time. I'm wondering if I were to cut the recipe by half

Halloween Special: Glow in the dark food

Halloween is just around the corner! Prepare to panic bake as many spooky sweets and tricky treats as you possibly can over the weekend! I'm planning to bake a

Does dead yeast result in a stickier dough?

I'm trying to troubleshoot my pizza dough. I've made it twice and both times it was too sticky to knead. The first time I figured that I killed the yeast (the

How do I knead this dough by hand?

From this whole wheat ciabatta recipe: Once the dough has rested, knead the dough with the dough hook attachment at medium speed for about 15 minutes, unt

How do I tell if a metal can is safe to bake in?

I'm hoping to make some Boston brown bread in the near future, and the recipe I plan to use (http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/10/gluten-free-boston-brown

What are potential causes of splitting in baked pie dough?

I'm trying to identify some potential causes to what might cause the splitting (pictured below). You can see from the photo that the top and bottom, to a less

Pane Buccellato de Lucca

Has anyone tried baking the buccellato de Lucca? I'm looking forward to find the original recipe from Lucca. You can find several recipes over the internet, in

Mystery ingredient in cookies with cream tartar

The attached picture is of a cookie recipe from my grandmother who passed a year ago. I would like to make the cookies, especially since they share my daughter'

Is it possible to make sugar cookies without butter?

I don't have any butter and don't have the money to buy some right now, but I really badly want to make a batch of cookies for some family friends who recently

Interpreting a recipe from Mrs Beeton: "carbonate of soda"

Prompted by a discussion at English.se I may be going to make Mrs Beeton's soda biscuits recipe: SODA BISCUITS. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1/2 lb. of p

Interpreting a recipe from Mrs Beeton: "rather a brisk oven"

Old recipes are well-known for being imprecise, especially about temperature, but when they call for a "hot" or "cool" oven we can get a decent idea of what the

One side of the cake rises higher than another

It doesn’t happen always but at times one side of my cake rises higher than the other side creating a lop sided cake, it is not a dome, but more a problem

Question regarding percent hydration for 100% whole wheat bread dough

Can someone suggest a typical hydration for strictly 100% whole wheat bread, (no refined flour added). Since whole wheat absorbs more water, I assume that for

Salted baked potatos

I'm trying to understand the purpose of salting a potato prior to baking it. I've always oiled to skin to make it softer, but I don't see the purpose of saltin

How to serve fresh bao buns

So I would like to make bao buns fresh on my food truck. What would be the best method of steaming. I proof, roll out and proof again then steam for 10 minutes.

Convert cooking Shrimp and Vegetables in a foil-packet on a 400 degree grill for 25 - 30 minutes to an oven

Recipe calls for cooking the shrimp and vegetables in a foil-packet on the grill at 400 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes. I do not have a grill in the city; therefor

Baking beetroot in coffee crust

I've just read a blog post from Amass restaurant. I got very curious about roasting beetroot in coffee grounds as they said in the article. Looking a bit furthe