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How to
Tie an Apron
Tying an apron may seem like a puzzle when you’re doing it for the first time. If your apron has a bib, start by tying the neck loop. Then determine whether you want to tie your apron in the front or the back based on ...
How to
Make Wheat Paste
This mixture of vegetable starch and water has been used as an adhesive for centuries. Street artists and concert promoters use wheat paste to put up posters, craftspeople use it in papier-mâché or decoupage, and prof...
Beginner-Friendly Cake Recipes to Make From Scratch
A step-by-step guide to baking vanilla, chocolate, and apple cakes (plus tips and tricks)There's nothing like the taste of a cake you made in your own kitchen. But is the delicious reward really worth all the work? Belie...
How to
Cut a Round Cake
Round cakes are tasty treats that, at times, can be difficult to cut into enough pieces to serve everyone. In addition to the typical method of cutting a round cake into triangle-like slices, round cakes can also be cut ...
How to
Make Brown Food Coloring
If you don't have brown food coloring on hand or don't want to go with the store-bought variety, there are ways to mix it up yourself at home. Read on to learn how to blend colors for that perfect brown and how to use co...
How to
Make a Dinosaur Cake
Both kids and adults are fascinated by dinosaurs, and a dinosaur cake is a great way to celebrate a birthday or special occasion for the dino buff in your life! A stegosaurus cake is a great dinosaur cake to make, becaus...
How to
Make Caramel from Sweetened Condensed Milk
Most of the time, people cook caramel by heating up regular or brown sugar until it turns into a smooth and creamy substance. However, you can also make caramel out of sweetened condensed milk, creating the same great sa...
How to
Thicken Custard
Custard is typically an egg-yolk-based sweet cream dessert that can stand on its own or as an ingredient in other desserts (like crème brûlée or pie, for example). If you've tried making custard from scratch, you alre...
How to
Make a Piping Bag
A piping bag, also known as a pastry bag, is a cone-shaped bag that you fill with icing, frosting, or sauce. You apply pressure to the bag to dispense frosting, icing, or sauce in a specific pattern to make your dish bea...
How to
Cook Bagel Bites
Ore-Ida’s Bagel Bites are a favorite snack of teens and pizza lovers of all ages. They are quick and easy to make in a conventional oven, toaster oven, or microwave, so long as you follow the instructions on the packag...
How to
Make a Guitar Cake
If you have a guitar or music-lover in your family, surprise them with a guitar-shaped cake for their birthday. They are more unique than your standard round or rectangular cake, and are surprisingly easy to make. Once y...
How to
Prepare a Pop Tart
Pop Tarts are delicious small pastries that you can eat for breakfast or as a snack. Although you can eat Pop Tarts straight out of the package, they taste a little better when they’re warmed up. You can use the tools ...
How to
Eat Orange Peel
Oranges are a delicious and healthy fruit, but did you know that orange peels are also nutritious? They’re full of vitamin A, multiple B vitamins, magnesium, calcium, folate, and copper—not bad for a part of the frui...
How to Calibrate an Oven: Digital and Analog
It's frustrating to find that your oven is running too hot or too cold—signs that it's time to calibrate it. Ovens heat in cycles, so it's completely normal that the temperature fluctuates a little. It's when the tempe...
How to
Tell if a Cheesecake is Done
Cheesecake, whether you like New York or Italian style, is a light and delicious dessert. Because it contains a fair amount of milk or cream in addition to soft cheese, it can be hard to tell when it is done. However, th...
How to Keep a Baguette Fresh with Proper Storage
Plus, learn how to use stale baguettes in tasty dishes It's always a little sad when a perfectly good baguette goes stale before you can eat it. Fortunately, there are a few simple things you can do to keep your baguette...
Caramelized Sugar: The Ultimate Culinary Guide for Classic Caramel
Plus troubleshooting tips for if you’re sugar is not caramelizingUsed in a number of different desserts, caramel sauce is a common topping for everything from crème brûlée to leche flan. Sweet, rich and flavorful, t...
How to
Decorate a Carrot Cake
Filled with carrots, cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts, carrot cake is a delicious dessert for any occasion. Half the fun of making your own cake is decorating it. Frost your carrot cake with fluffy cream cheese icing, then ...
How to
Thin Caramel
Caramel is a deliciously sweet sauce that can turn up the volume on any dessert it’s added to. But if you’re hoping to drizzle caramel over vanilla ice cream or getting ready to dip apples for a fall celebration, you...
How to
Defrost a Cake
Freezing cake is a good way of saving it for later. Whether you froze the cake whole or in layers, you defrost it basically the same way. Place the cake in the fridge for at least a day to thaw, then set it on the counte...
