Apple purée can be used as an egg substitute in cakes. I made a plum cake yesterday using this purée and got very nice result. I made purée with 2 apples and got 1 1/2 cups of the purée. The process is simple and can be done in less than…
BAKING BASICS
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Homemade Candied Orange Peel
When going through many recipes for Christmas, I came across candied orange peel and candied lemon peel in every recipe. As we don’t get it here in Madurai, I thought of preparing it at home. I went through many blogs and all the recipes were similar with slight variations. So…
How to Line, Grease and Dust a Loose Bottomed Cake Pan
Greasing and dusting a cake pan is very important in baking. This ensures that the cake doesn’t stick to the sides or bottom of the cake tin and you get a whole cake when the procedure is done properly. I baked a cake in the loose bottomed cake pan today.…
Home Made Cream Cheese
Cream cheese forms the base for many desserts such as cheese cakes and cake frostings. But I couldn’t get it here in Madurai. Once I saw the box of cream cheese at Nilgiris in Coimbatore, I was shocked at the price. So I was going through the web for a…
Blanching Almonds and Home Made Almond Meal
Almond meals are extensively used in baking cakes, cookies, macaroons and tarts. They are also used in marzipan. Buying almond meal may be a bit expensive. Preparing it at home is a very interesting procedure. Peeled almonds are also used in a lot of desserts. You can blanch, peel, dry…
Curd / Yogurt
Curd also known as Thayir in Tamil, is an important part of Indian food. South Indians relish it with rice and no lunch is complete without curd rice and pickle. On the other hand north Indian recipes use curd as an important ingredient in cooking. The gravies are thickened with…
Storing Left Over Melted Chocolate
When I started working with chocolate, I struggled while storing the left over chocolate. I know I was very silly. Every one has a method of doing this. This is a very easy method and this idea struck me on one fine day. At first I used to keep the…
Melting Chocolate
While preparing chocolate based sweets, it is very important to melt the cooking chocolate before you start preparing the sweet. Cooking chocolate is available in thew form of bars. So first chop[ it up with a sharp knife on a chopping board. Chocolate should not be kept directly on flame…
Sour dough Starter/ Wild Yeast
I wanted to try preparing sourdough starter for a long time. Bread Baking Day for this month gave me the perfect opportunity to try it out. I read many articles related to sourdough starter in the web. There are many methods of doing it. Atlast I stumbled upon this site.…
Home made Tofu
I was beaming with joy yesterday. I tried preparing tofu at home and it was a huge success. Before two months I tried preparing soy milk at home. I bought white soy beans and it was a total flop. So I was afraid to do it this time. I watched…