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Cake Storage | Frosting / Topping Storage | Filling Storage
Cake Storage
Plain Butter Cakes, Single or Multiple Layered Cakes, Cake from a Mix
Storage:Room Temperature
Storage Note:
Be sure to cover tightly but do not refrigerate.
There are many trimmings besides frosting that can be used for cake decorating. Some of the common items are chocolate, candy, coconut, fruit, and nuts. Used alone or combined, these trimmings will make an interesting cake decorating design on an otherwise plain cake.
Cake decorating with chocolate offers many ways to add fun and delicious looking decorations to use when decorating chocolate cakes, white cakes, or any flavor cake that pairs well with chocolate. The chocolate decorations can be used alone or added to other decorating designs.
There are many cake filling types that you can select to add to your cake to give it more flavor and interest. A cake with a filling always seems to attract attention and most often someone will select a filled cake over a plain cake because they know the filling will provide extra flavor.
Spring and summer are perfect times to make a baseball cake for your favorite baseball fan. This cake is very simple to decorate and is sure to be a big hit. All that is needed is red shoe-string licorice and chocolate shapes for decorations. This baseball cake is perfect for birthdays or to celebrate the win of a special game!
Cake frosting types, cupcake frosting types, and cookie frosting types contain some of the same types of frosting. Cake frosting types include more varieties than cookies frosting types but cupcakes can generally use the same types as cakes.
Pineapple Preparation | Pineapple Boat | Tips
Pineapple
A tropical fruit that has a yellow flesh and a prickly peel that has a diamond shaped pattern to it.
Dry Ingredients | Solid Ingredients | Liquid Ingredients | Fat Ingredients
There are many ingredients that have special functions in the baking and cooking process. Some functions are critical to the success of the finished product.
Also, see How to Make:Peach Cobbler | Apple Crisp | Apple CrumbleApple Pandowdy | Apple Brown Betty | Blueberry Grunt | Peach Slump
Blueberry Buckle
A Buckle is a sweet dessert that is made from a cake batter traditionally topped with berries, which is topped with a streusel type topping.
Make this a Red, White, and Blue summer with some of these ideas to add color to your celebration. Whether you are celebrating Memorial Day, the 4th of July, or welcoming our troops home, you will find these suggestions will add just the right touch to you special occasion.
Bananas
Native to tropical regions, a banana has a tough outer peel that may be yellow, red, green, or black when ripe. All varieties have a sweet fragrance when ripe and contain a soft creamy flesh inside that may be white, yellow or pinkish cream colored.
Ingredient Tips | Preparation TipsCooking & Baking Tips | Miscellaneous Tips
There are an endless number of kitchen tips available for you to try. Shown below are some popular tips that will help you in your everyday use of some common baking and cooking ingredients.
Belgian waffles are a traditional food created in Belgium, which began as square-shaped breakfast cake with deeply indented or pressed pockets evenly distributed over the surface of the waffle.
Summer Squash Preparation | Summer Squash Cooking | Tips
Summer Squash
Squash: The fruits of various members of the gourd family, which fall into two classifications, summer squash and winter squash.
Food Safety Before, During, and After a Power Outage
Before
Keep frozen water jugs in your freezer. Frozen ice jugs will serve as ice blocks for the refrigerator/cooler and freezer, as well as drinking water in the event of a power outage.
Use this food substitution and conversion chart to select ingredient substitutes when you are cooking and your recipe suggests ingredients you do not have available.
Herbs, Spices and Seasonings | Baking Ingredients | Cheese and Dairy Products | Eggs | Fats, Oils and Vinegars | Fruits and Vegetables | Miscellaneous | Healthy
Herbs, Spices and Seasonings Substitutions
Food
Amount
Substitute
Allspice
1 tsp
1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground cloves OR1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp.
freezing rhubarb, cooking rhubarb, how to freeze
Strawberry Preparation | Strawberry Cooking | Freezing Strawberries | Tips
Strawberries
Large, juicy, red berries that are very sweet when ripe and grow on a low-growing perennial plant that has horizontal runners that spread along the ground.
Winter Squash Preparation | Winter Squash Cooking | Tips
Winter Squash
Squash: The fruits of various members of the gourd family, which fall into two classifications, summer squash and winter squash.