Questions and Answers – Brick Hard Granulated Sugar   Question: I use quite a bit of bakers special sugar so I buy it in 50# bags.  Since I have not … Continued

  Questions and Answers – Butter vs. Oil in Muffins   Question: I have several recipes for muffins and the like that call for cooking oil.  When I make them … Continued

Buttercream Frosting Recipes   There are many versions of Buttercream Frosting recipes.  Some are made with eggs and all butter.  Some varieties, you have to cook your sugar to a … Continued

Buttercream Icing Recipes     Peggy Weaver, author of Peggy’s Baking Corner, has generously answered all the above question on cake baking during the last 15 years.  Peggy will not … Continued

    Can Sizes and Equivalents – Can Sizes by Weight and Number Many recipes specific a can size rather than a volume size.  This Can Sizes and Equivalents Chart … Continued

Caramelizing sugar is a term most often applied to melting sugar until it becomes a caramel color liquid.  Caramelized sugar is simply a mixture of sugar and water cooked until … Continued

Chocolate bowls are very easy to make.  You do not need professional molds to make these chocolate bowls.  Chocolate bowls are handy for holding candies, other chocolates, truffles, berries, strawberries, … Continued

Chocolate frosting does not have to come in a can that you buy in the store.  When I was young, cakes were made from scratch and the frosting was whipped up … Continued

Need a quick substitution for chocolate?   Here are some chocolate substitutions, but remember not always do they work as well as the original recipe ingredient   Chocolate, Bittersweet: (1-ounce) … Continued

 Clarified Butter and Butter Ghee Clarified Butter and Butter Ghee are also known as Liquid Gold.  I know that regular butter is fantastic, but believe it or not, butter can … Continued

The French macarons cookie is beloved in Parisian tea salons and cities all over France.  With a variety of color palettes and flavors, macarons are a fashionable cookie for gifting … Continued

Coddled eggs are made by very briefly immersing an egg in the shell in boiling water (to cook in water just below the boiling point) to slightly cook or coddle … Continued

Coffee bean’s two greatest enemies are air and moisture. Ideally, coffee should be ground, brewed, and consumed quickly to obtain the best flavor. Coffee beans are at their peak within … Continued

Cookie Cutters and Gumpaste Cutters Things I have learned….. Remember that you are making Cookies.  Do not worry if it is not perfect.  When the cookies bake in the oven, … Continued

U.S. vs. Metric vs. Imperial (U.K.) Measures Cooking Equivalent Measurements Cooking can be challenging internationally due to the need to convert recipes to depending on where you live.  Compiled here … Continued