If you forgot to set your butter out to soften before making a recipe, don’t panic! You can soften butter quickly with or without a microwave. In this post, I’m sharing How to Soften Butter Quickly eight different ways, plus answering FAQs about softening butter and its uses.
Just realized you’re out of baking powder and you need it for a recipe? Don’t worry, you can make homemade baking powder in seconds! This post explains How to Make Baking Powder, plus it answers the most commonly asked questions about storing and using it.
4 different ways to cut butter into flour for recipes like pie crusts or biscuits. The 4th method of cutting butter in flour on this list is my all time favorite kitchen tips, and also the best way to cut butter into flour if you’re wondering “what can I substitute for a pastry blender”!
Knowing How to Bring Eggs to Room Temperature quickly is useful when baking cakes, cupcakes, waffles, and more. In this post, I’m sharing four methods for bringing eggs to room temperature and explaining why it’s important to do so.
These tips for baking with yeast will help you feel more confident in the kitchen and yield more successful results. Be sure to check out a few of my favorite recipes if you’re wondering what to make with yeast – they’re all tried and true family favorites that even my picky eater approves of. Save …
Planning to tackle some Holiday Baking this year? Read through Holiday Baking Tips first so your baking goes smoothly. I’ve shared my top holiday baking tips, Holiday Baking Substitutions, and more!
Learning how to separate eggs is important if you want to bake angel food cakes, macarons, macaroons, meringues, and more. It’s an important kitchen skill you’re about to master. Click HERE to save this tutorial on How to Separate Eggs! Separating Egg Yolks From Whites Sometimes you might come across a recipe that requires eggs plus …
Incorporating more whole grains into your diet can help you lead a healthier life style and for me, the most delicious and fun way of doing this is by baking with a variety of whole grain flours. Making the switch from all-purpose flour to whole grain variants might seem daunting at first, but with a …
Do you have problems baking cupcakes at high altitude? Look no further! I have all kinds of tips and tricks for high altitude cupcake baking success here! I don’t bake cupcakes a lot. It isn’t that I don’t like them, but perhaps due to the fact that I find recipes are very finicky here in …
Learning how to make cake flour is so easy! Here’s how to make homemade cake flour, plus my favorite ways to use it.
This tutorial on grinding flours from whole grains is written by Allison of Some the Wiser. Welcome, Allison! It is such a good idea to grind your own flours. But as someone who once thought microwavable rice packets were a “good” meal (it was college, forgive me), I know it may seem like an unnecessary …
After I posted the Lemon Coconut Cupcakes that I made for Logan’s birthday so many of you asked: How did you make the two-toned color icing for those cupcakes? The two tone technique for decorating cupcakes is really a lot easier than you might think and it is so fun. Besides looking pretty, you can …
You’ll see in the recipe index that I’ve only featured a few cupcake recipes. Cakes in general kind of overwhelm me. Especially layer cakes and it’s only recently that I’ve gotten more into making and frosting cupcakes. This post should probably be titled “The Kitchen Tip Most People Probably Already Know.” But even a year …
One of my favorite kitchen tips is how to measure partial eggs because it comes in handy when you’re making adjustments to recipes. Check out these easy instructions for how to measure half an egg when making partial recipes.
Parchment is a baker’s best friend! It has so many great uses, but I thought I’d show you one of my favorites here: How to line a baking pan with parchment. Now, you might be thinking…why would I want to do that? It’s great when you need to lift the entire whatever it is your …