The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2011

A Word on Baking Gear – Part 5: Scoops

Alright, I’d like to start by taking a straw poll: when you have to transfer batter to for example a cupcake pan; or when you fill a pastry bag to decorate a cake – what do you use? a) A normal spoon and maybe a scraper, b) a normal spoon and your finger(s), c) [...]

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A Word on Baking Gear – Part 4: Oven Mitts/ Pads

I admit that as a topic, this is probably not too exciting. But if you are a consummate baker, like I am, you will have burned yourself quite a few times taking stuff out of the oven. It simply comes with the territory. When we had our bakery, despite good mitts, we all had [...]

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A Word on Baking Gear – Part 3: Scales & A GIVEAWAY

Initially, I was planning to put up a food post today, with recipe of course. But then, THREE people over the weekend complained to me that the recipe I had given them was written in metric measurements to be weighed on a scale. METRIC. They were used to imperial, as in cups and spoons [...]

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A Word on Baking Gear – Part 2: Rolling Pins

The right gear makes all the difference. Yeah, no kidding… For years I was using an old, wooden rolling pin that had actually developed cracks in its main part because “somebody” had stuck it in the dishwasher once or twice. [*sigh*] Nothing I rolled out looked even remotely even, I had to make adjustments [...]

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A Word on Baking Gear – Part 1: The Notebook

I have been asked repeatedly by friends what kind of “gear” I am using for my baking. I have been doing it so long that the answer to this question has changed over time. I used to think that certain things were indispensable, and these same things have now been sitting in my cupboards [...]

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