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Sour cream over fruit cake
May 2024

Sour cream over fruit cake

TimeTotal preparation time: 10 min. Sometimes you need a refinement for an apple pie or other fruit cake to make the cake even more delicious. Here I have a nice variant that fits any fruit. Sour...

Decorate pies with patterns - with strips of paper, circles ...
May 2024

Decorate pies with patterns - with strips of paper, circles ...

If you want to decorate pies pretty, this is certainly with cream swabs, sugar, fruit pieces and all the various ready Dekos, which can be purchased. But if you just do not have these ingredients in...

Distribute round pieces of sausage or ham on square toast
May 2024

Distribute round pieces of sausage or ham on square toast

To avoid having to burn the ham or sausage slice when baking, I've gotten into the habit of quartering the big slices and then distributing those quarters on the square toast so that the corners are...

Save egg white for beating when egg yolk has come in
May 2024

Save egg white for beating when egg yolk has come in

Carefully separate the egg whites from the egg yolk to beat them until stiff. One second did not pay attention and you got the salad: A little egg yolk fell on the egg whites. Since one knows that...

Prevent soaking of cake bottoms
May 2024

Prevent soaking of cake bottoms

Cover the bottom of the cake for sweet or salty fillings with egg whites before baking - prevents soaking. Many spicy or sweet cakes or pies are stuffed into a pre-baked mold and baked again....

Measure instead of weigh: a few details for smaller quantities
May 2024

Measure instead of weigh: a few details for smaller quantities

The weighing of small amounts is annoying. Easier is the measuring with spoon and cup. Here I have some information collected. By spoon, I mean spoon. For the cups normal coffee cups. 1 tbsp flour =...

Melt chocolate: pour chocolate over with hot water
May 2024

Melt chocolate: pour chocolate over with hot water

To make chocolate for e.g. to melt a dessert, place the plate in a flat container (pan or similar) and pour over boiling water. Leave for a while and NEVER stir! Before use, carefully drain off the...

The cork of the champagne bottle breaks off - and now?
May 2024

The cork of the champagne bottle breaks off - and now?

Yesterday with friends we wanted to drink the welcome drink - and the cork could not be solved with force and good words. Strong men and resourceful women tried hard, there was nothing to do. And at...

Transport the filled silicone baking dish into the stove / oven
May 2024

Transport the filled silicone baking dish into the stove / oven

Who bakes with sikicon bakeware, will know the problem. You have the dough in the form and then you try to juggle the whole thing in the stove. The dough bulges out the shape, you do not really know...

Never again collapsed Eierschecke
May 2024

Never again collapsed Eierschecke

When baking my Eierschecke always went up nicely. But I had the problem that she ran out of air while cooling. She always fell together. Here is the tip: After finishing the baking process, remove...