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Vanilla pudding as a portengussersatz
March 2024

Vanilla pudding as a portengussersatz

If the pudding is already done, no cake sauce there, all the shops too, but custard powder is in the house, just cook the custard with water instead of milk and sprinkle over the fruit. The light...

Make wine with cork taste edible with cling film
March 2024

Make wine with cork taste edible with cling film

If you find that a wine has a corky taste and the romantic dinner threatens to burst because of this, use the following procedure: Decant the wine into a decanter or a glass container and add a good...

Soft butter or Magarine for baking
March 2024

Soft butter or Magarine for baking

Why let the butter and Magarine soften? You forgot to take them out of the fridge in time! Preheat a stove and then turn it off again. Put the butter or Magarine in a saucepan and place on the hot...

Vanilla kipper made fast
March 2024

Vanilla kipper made fast

Who does not know that, at Christmas time it is very annoying to make the small vanilla kipferl all by hand. Worlds are faster if you use a shot glass. To do this, roll out the kipferl dough and cut...

Halve bottoms for pies in half with a knife and twine
March 2024

Halve bottoms for pies in half with a knife and twine

For many pies you bake a soil, which then has to be halved afterwards. Long knife? No, the cut is guaranteed not straight. Just scrape the bottom around the desired area around with a sharp knife a...

Fast buttercream
March 2024

Fast buttercream

preparation Beat 2 cups of whipped cream, 1 packet of paradise cream vanilla from Dr. med. Add Oetker and stir well. This is the basic recipe for a butter cream, which also has the advantage that it...

How the cheesecake does not collapse
March 2024

How the cheesecake does not collapse

From my grandmother's advice is below, so that the cheesecake does not collapse again after he has so beautifully "risen" in the oven. You can do the following: After half of the baking time,...

Baking paper in the springform
March 2024

Baking paper in the springform

Why use the baking paper only on one sheet? If you want to line a springform pan with baking paper, you simply cut a piece that corresponds to the diameter of the shape (+ 2cm more), put the bottom...

Open champagne bottle without foaming III
March 2024

Open champagne bottle without foaming III

If the trick with the sweat does not seem quite pleasant, here is the elegant variant of the gastronomy: The bottleneck must be warmer than the rest of the bottle body. Specifically, this means that...

Chocolate and block chocolate melted easily
March 2024

Chocolate and block chocolate melted easily

Anyone who bakes cakes or cookies knows the problem: how do I melt the couverture and block chocolate without much mess and effort? Here is my tip: So you use the remaining heat from the oven to...