Decorating Cakes: The Basics
Cardboard cake circles (available at baking supply stores and craft stores, or you can make your own: cut a circle slightly smaller than the diameter of your cake pan) Trimming the tops and bottoms off of your cake rounds cuts the "crust" off [... more]
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Cupcakes for Kids
Place cupcake liners in muffin tins and fill them 3/4 full until the batter is used up. Bake at the same temperature as the cake recipe and check after 15 minutes to see if they're done. Cheesecake recipes make luscious cupcakes with built-in ... [... more]
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Easter Desserts
Lamb cakes are a traditional Easter centerpiece symbolizing spring and fertility. You can still find the molds in stores today. They are traditionally made with pound cake but your favorite cake mix will work just as well. Decorate with shredded ... [... more]
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Decorating Cakes: Finishing Touches
Fresh edible flowers make gorgeous and easy decorations. You can start with a frosted cake or a plain cake lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar: pile on the flowers such as sweet violets, lavender, honeysuckle, rose petals, borage, bachelor's ... [... more]
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Baking Cheesecake, Step by Step - Allrecipes
Careful baking is imperative for perfect cheesecakes: no cracking, no drying out. Professional pastry chefs bake cheesecakes in a water bath. This method bakes the cake very gently so that it does not darken, curdle, or crack. A springform pan is ... [... more]
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Cupcake Gallery
Check out these creative cupcakes decorated by Allrecipes home cooks. Check out these creative cupcakes, decorated by home cooks like you. Get the recipe! Cupcakes for Kids [... more]
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Create Your Own Coffeecake
If you understand how to vary the recipe, you only need one basic coffeecake in your repertoire. My all-purpose version consists of four components: batter, cream cheese filling, fruit preserves and crumb topping. The last three can be changed ... [... more]
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Decorating a Flag Cake
No patriotic celebration would be complete without an All-American Flag Cake! Before diving into the decoration of your flag cake, a very important decision must be made: should you keep the cake in its baking pan or invert it onto a serving tray ... [... more]
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Decorating Cakes: Advanced
For marzipan, spread a thin layer of jam (or frosting, if you used some to fill the cake) to help the marzipan stick to the cake. Roll out marzipan like you would a pie crust, using confectioners' sugar instead of flour to prevent ... [... more]
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Decorating Cakes: Advanced Décor
Chocolate curls, ruffles and leaves are impressive and decadent-seeming decorations. Chocolate curls can be made with a vegetable peeler by simply shaving off pieces the chocolate several times before shaving. Repeat this step of a chocolate ... [... more]
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High Altitude Cake Baking
Find out how to adjust your cake recipe when cooking in high altitudes. Ahh, the joys of mountaintop living. Clean fresh air, snowcapped peaks, falling cakes . . . Lower air pressure at high elevations causes air bubbles trapped in the batter to ... [... more]
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Holiday Baking: Bake and Freeze
Baking for the holidays should be fun. Find out how to avoid last-minute holiday stress by baking and freezing items ahead of time. Baking for the holidays should be fun. Avoid last-minute holiday stress by baking and freezing items ahead of ... [... more]
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