Hints, Tips and Baking Techniques for Making Desserts, Breads and More

Here are several articles and ideas to help you get ready for the busiest baking season of the year.

Here is a quick tip for cutting candied fruit.

Yes, you can bake your cake and eat it too. Just follow some of these suggestions.

Here are the step by step photo instructions for packaging baked goods for mailing and/or shipping.

Here are the simple steps necessary for measuring flour.

Learn how to zest and juice a lemon with these step by step photo instructions.

It's not necessary to have a huge dessert and baking repertoire. Just become proficient in a few desserts, and other sweet treats, and people will think you're a professional. You'll find some of my basic dessert and other sweet treat recipes below.

I've you're like me, you've just got to make desserts. (And eat them too, of course.) The problem is you don't want to heat up the house anymore than necessary during the hot summer months. So you don't have to give up baking, here are some tips to help make dessert making and baking a little cooler.

Here is a photo gallery of several baking instructions and techniques for dessert making.

Tell us what you do. Do you sift or not?

At one time or another everyone has had mishaps while making desserts, what was yours?

When life give you lemons, one way to correct a baking disaster.

Here is a tip about sifted ingredients.

Here are the step-by-step photo instructions for making bread pudding.

If you keep your pantry stocked, you should be able to make all of these recipes as they are made with 4 or less ingredients.

With the economy the way it is today, everyone is working with a tight budget. Plus to make it even worse, we all seem to be working twice as hard for half as much. Even with all of that, we just can't give up our desserts. Here are a couple of tips you help you make budget desserts.

Here are the written and photo instructions for Greasing and Flouring Baking Pans.

Here are the instructions, including photographs, for measuring packed brown sugar.

Here are some tips and hints for Mailing Cookies and Other Baked Goods.

Here is a tip for measuring several cups of flour.

All About Cream covers the descriptions of several different types of cream from chantilly to whipping.

Cake mixes are a great time saver in our busy lifestyles. Use these simple tips to convert your favorite cake recipe into a cake-mix-recipe.

You can make perfect cupcakes from any cake batter with these tips.

There's nothing like a bowl of homemade ice cream with its cold, creamy texture balanced with that fresh taste. If you crave making your own homemade ice cream all you need is a good ice cream freezer, a great recipe, the best ingredients and these tips.

Here's an idea for leftover desserts.

Here are the instructions for making a heart-shaped cake without a specially shaped pan.

Having an afternoon soiree, such as a baby or bridal shower, want to know what type of desserts to serve? Free your guests of having to juggle a fork and a plate, serve petite or finger desserts. These individual portions are eaten with the hands.

Anyone can be prepared to make dessert at a momments notice with this list.

Here is a tip about vanilla.

Here's how to blanch your own almonds.

Here are some simple steps for frosting a cake.

Why buy self-rising flour when you can make your own?

A good outcome in baking depends on exact measurements.

All sugars are not measured the same.

Here are three methods to melt chocolate.

Baking is an exact science, and it is important to be well prepared.

There's nothing like getting ready to make something with cream cheese and realizing that you forgot to let it soften. Here are some directions on how to do it, carefully, in your microwave.

Tired of your whipped cream separating by the second day? Do what the professional do.

Here are three ways to toast nuts.

Nothing can replace the taste and creaminess of real whipped cream.

Here is a review of Reynolds FunShapes Baking Cups.

What do you think? At what age should kids be allowed to have cakes with liqueur or any other liquor in them?

Learn how to soften brown sugar with these steps.

Here's are the times for baking different sized cake pans.

Here is a chart with the amount of servings per size of cake.

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Here are several bar cookie recipes that are baked in rectangular baking pans.

Here's a quick and easy recipe for making Super Easy Chocolate Frosted Cookies.

Here are the step by step photo instructions for making macaroons.

Here is a recipe for Neapolitan Cookies. They make great Christmas cookies.

Learn all about icebox cookies in this article.

Here is a table that shows the approximate servings of typical-size cakes baked.

Here is a review of Rachel Schifter Thebault's cookbook Sweet Chic.

Here are recipes that are made with vanilla.