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Tips for Perfect Cake

Every expert at anything is just that: an
EXPERT because they have learned the trick of doing something the easy,
fast, and most correct way. The same goes for cake and pastry baking, or
learning to spread icing.
For instance, if you’re interested in having your cakes come out more
even and flat on top so they stack easily and are more pleasing to the
eye when decorated, well, have I got a trick for you!
First you should tap the filled cake pans several times on the counter
to make certain the batter is level and any air bubbles have dispersed.
Then take an old but clean terrycloth kitchen towel and wet it ‘til
soppy. Then fold it so it wraps around the sides of the cake pan,
securing it with a large safety pin where it meets. Do this to each pan
you want the cake to come out evenly in. Yes, you can go to any bakery
supply and purchase a ‘pan wrap,’ but if you’re like me and don’t want
to spend a lot of money on something so simple, you can make your own,
and it will prove to be just as useful and successful. Save the towel
to use on future cakes too. With this simple tip you can have evenly
bake, flat cakes just like the professionals.
How to Fill a Pastry Bag
Next, do you have trouble filling a pastry bag and end up with it all
over you, the countertops, and floor? Don’t feel bad. You’re not alone.
But you can stop the madness, and actually enjoy baking using a pastry
bag with this simple tip…Take a tall drinking glass, and line it with
the pastry bag, folding the edges over the top of the glass before
filling. It is easy to then spoon the pastry batter into the bag. When
it is three quarters full, pull the edges of the bag off the glass edge
to the center and twist. Now, what could be simpler than that? (But I’d
never have thought of it when I was startin’ out!)
How to Do Icing and Frosting
And do you have trouble icing a layer cake, especially around the edges?
Or do those little crumbs keep showing up in the frosting no matter how
careful you are? I can help you out there too…When your cake layers have
cooled, put a few dots of frosting on the plate you are going to use for
serving, (so it won’t slip) and then turn the first layer upside down on
it, (if the cake is domed, you may want to take a cake knife and cut
some of the top mound off to be more even with the edges.) Then frost
just the top of this layer to make a filling between the two pieces.
Place the second layer on top of the filling, right side up.
Now it’s
time to frost the top and sides...
Tips for cake frosting…
Place a large dollop in the center of the top layer and start smoothing
it toward the edges. Be sure to use enough to cover the entire top.
Then, if you have a large pastry bag, fill it, and drop several dollops
along the top edge to be spread down the sides, (one at a time.) Slowly
spread them down with a frosting knife or offset spatula. Do this all
along the edges until the sides are completely covered making sure to
use ample frosting so you don’t scrape the sides, picking up those nasty
little crumbs. You don’t have to be precise at this time, just thorough.
When the frosting is spread sufficiently thick on top and sides, you can
smooth it out to then decorate if desired, or make swirls on top and
sides with short, quick turns of the spatula or frosting knife in
several directions.
It’s easier than you think to make lovely desserts and treats for family
and friends if you just know the tricks! And of course, follow my advice!
Tips for the perfect cake,
written by, Granny Tam.
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Cake Recipe Tips
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Healthy Homemade Cake Recipes
Looking for some basic techniques for HEALTHY
cake recipes? Well, look no further!
Let’s face it; Most times, low-fat or low-sugar
cake recipes taste yucky! You’d rather be unhealthy than try to grin and
bare the alternative, right? And too many times the cook over bakes
the dish and it taste dryer than sawdust, and just as tasteless!
Because the less calorie versions have less fat, it understandably takes
less time to bake them. So adjust your recipes
to at least five minutes less baking time than is recommended.
Don’t give up! There are basic tricks and some
great homemade cake recipes waiting to be tried in these pages so fear not,
you are not doomed to giving up flavor for the sake of a healthy lifestyle.
Stop using cake mixes! They are full of all the
naughty stuff you absolutely want to avoid if you are trying to
stay on a low-fat low-sugar, and heart-healthy diet. You won’t be
sacrificing good taste using all natural ingredients. On the contrary, you
will be gaining great homemade flavor.
Remember Granny’s homemade cakes, cookies, and
pies? For Heaven’s sake, they were made with all natural ingredients…and
you can even substitute some of the healthy products used today for her
sugars, lard, and cream and still get the same GREAT taste!
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