Category "baking"

How do you bring ingredients to room temperature when its winter?

It's freezing in here and it takes forever for butter or eggs to come to room temperature. My questions are: 1) How to bring ingredients to room temperature qu

Why did my devil food cake come out flavorless?

Here is a picture of my devil food cake . The recipe is in this video (there is no written recipe). Just by looking at the cake, could you tell what mistakes I

Cake dry to wet cooking time ratio

Is there a ratio of how much water, fats, dry ingredients and flour to temperature and cooking time for cakes?

Creating some flakiness inside a Belgian Liege waffle

I have a pretty good basic recipe for Belgian Liege waffles. Its as follows: 1 egg, 40g butter, 5g salt, 20g sugar, 250g flour, 6g dry yeast, 90ml milk, once th

How to adjust Baker's Percentage when Adding Ingredients

I have a recipe of Old Fashioned Donuts that I love... I would like to add some Cocoa Powder to the recipe, but I don't know how to do that and keep the percent

Dry rub baby back ribs

My daughter likes dry...dry rub ribs.They come out too moist or wet when slow cooked in foil.Can I just put the rubbed ribs on a rack and cook at 200 for 5 or 6

Is a chipped Bundt pan safe to use?

I’m considering using a chipped, old Nordic Ware Bundt pan - like so: The best clue I can get on the material is that the current model of this pan is

How does a chocolate pudding cake work?

The name pretty much says it all. This cake consists of a brownie batter, on which is sprinkled brown sugar and coco. Then hot water is poured slowly on it an

Is it possible to resume baking brownies the day after?

I was making brownies late last night and left it in for twenty minutes. Took the brownies out and left them on the oven top. I was going to test them for being

Used Metal Knife on Aluminum Cake Pan, is it Ruined?

I'm learning to make cakes from scratch and bought two of these 4-inch round pans to make a small layered cake. After letting my layers cool, I turned one laye

Chocolate layer cake tears easily

I really like the chocolate cake recipe that appears on Hershey cocoa boxes. It's very rich and moist. It uses oil and boiled water to give you an idea of the t

Hamburger in the oven

Can you bake hamburger in the oven? Is it safe? I am trying to make tater tot casserole and always have baked my hamburger in the oven with it is that not a goo

Injeolmi - Korean Sweet Rice Cakes

I have never made injeolmi before but am keen to try - I have a few questions though before I try: steaming vs microwaving the rice dough? I imagine it gets ub

Can I "fill" a chicken pot pie 24 hours before cooking it?

I have made chicken pot pie filling. I was hoping to lay the pie pastry in the pie pan, fill it with the filling, lay the second pie pastry on top, and then ref

What vessel to use for baking cheesecake

I am wanting to bake my go to cheesecake. It is baked in a 9" springform pan but I want to half the recipe. (Well, I don't really WANT to, but my waistline sa

How do I find / buy "pastry bars"?

In Moderist cuisine, they repeatedly refer to "pastry bars" for a number of techniques. However, when I try to search / find these things on the internet, my se

Help with making pavlova bases

I constantly am having problems with the removal of baking paper used to line baking tray when making Pavlova bases. I have tried oiling the tray and then dusti

Would this recipe really work

Found this coconut cake recipe in https://www.completelydelicious.com/southern-coconut-cake/ A lot of people indicated success with it, but several readers in

How can you safely remove 9x13 pans/dishes from a hot water bath?

I like to bake my corn pudding in a bain marie but I have difficulty removing it from the pan. Any suggestions?

What causes a bread dough to become dense?

I have a stand mixer, but it’s in a box in the garage; I haven’t rescued it since we moved. I consequently use the “mix” cycle on my bre