A good tip (or 10) makes such a difference in the kitchen....so i thought i would share with you 10 tips that i always use!
1) I find it so annoying when you get one of those spare of the moment urges to bake, but of course you haven't prepared....your butter is chilling in the fridge and ya'll know to make cakes we need room temperate butter! But you don't want to wait a couple of hours....No problem! Take out your desired amount of butter, pop it in a microwaveable dish and put it in the microwave for a few seconds at a time until its soft to touch but not melted! Keep your eggs in the fridge too....pop them in a cup of warm water for a minute or so!
2) always getting odd bits of fluff stuck to your fondant...this has nothing to do with uncleanliness whenever we wash our surfaces, small fibres get left behind which end up in our fondant! Take a small ball of fondant and roll it around your work surface, and your hands especially after you have washed and dried them! All the bits of fluff off the hand towel etc will stick to the ball of fondant and not your finished icing! (Obviously throw the ball of fondant away after use;))
3) If your ever using a small amount of fruit or chocolate chips etc in your cakes, cover them in a teaspoon of the required flour to stop them all sinking to the bottom of the cake
4) When making a chocolate cake instead of using parchament paper! Grease the tins with butter and spinkle some cocoa powder around the whole tin, tap of any excess! Not only does it stop the cakes sticking it gives an extra rich flavour!
5) When making a cake always cream the butter and sugar very well for about 5 minutes and when it comes to adding the flour fold it in gently! Never over mix once the flour is in the batter! Following this will produce lovely light and fluffy cakes!
6) Always sift your icing sugar and cocoa powder they tend to clump up a lot!
7) When making a chocolate cake always add a teaspoon of vanilla extract it helps amplify the chocolate taste!
8) Use a clean spirit level (workmans tool) to check if your cakes are level!
9) When covering a cake in ganache or buttercream! Dip your spatular in hot water shake off excess water and go around your cake with it! This will give a smooth glossy finish!
10) Don't have a fondant smoother (you should get one) take a small ball of fondant and use that to smooth over your cake!
Hope you all enjoyed these tips! Have you got any? Leave them in the comments below!
Happy baking
Xxx
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