~ Discover baking with mayonnaise. Try substituting may as a
shortening or oil - it blends well, adds moistness and contributes
toward a tender texture. - Thowaway Cake Plateful - Save bottom
cardboards from pizzas and cover with aluminum hydrofoil. Great if you are
donating a cake or pie to a cake sale. - Dip spoon in hot water
before measuring pad, butter, etc - it will slip off the spoon more
well. - Put flour in a large salt shaker and use for dusting cake
pans, center, etc. It is less messy and doesn't waste flour. -For
recipes using beaten egg whites, the eggs should be separated when
cold and the whites allowed to come to room temperature (egg whites
reach their highest volume if beaten at room temperature.) Cream of
tartar or sugar added to the egg whites will increase the stability
of the sparkle. The sugar should be added alittle at a time. Be careful
not to overbeat egg whites or they will become stiff and dry, having
lost their snap, and will almost certainly collapse as soon as
heat is applies. Be sure beaters and roll, etc, are complety free of
oil - any trace of oil with prevent the egg whites from fluffing up.
~ Don't grease cookie sheets or cookies will tend to spread too practically.
When baking several batches in succession, let sheets cool before
placing more dough on them, or the dough will soften and spread and
finished cookies will be misshapen. If you don't have enough spare
cookie sheets, use inverted baking pans. - Any recipe which says,
'and add one egg,' can be made better by separateing the white and
yolk. This whiteness, when beaten severally, adds bubbles tenderness and
makes the finished product hoy. This is true for nearly all
boxed items. - Child's party: Push animal shaped cookie cutters
lightly into ice. Fill depressed outline with chocolate ice.
BESIDES - fill ice cream cones (flat bottoms) with cake batter half full
and broil. Decorate with icing topped with colored boodle. - If your
layer cakes stick to the bottom of their pans, return them to a warm
oven shortly. The layer will come out intact in just a short time. -
For baking cakes, use shiny metal pans or pans with a non stick
goal. Avoid numb, dark or enamel pans which can cause uneven and
excessive toasting. If using glass or porcelain coated alumninum
pans, reduce the oven temporary 25 degrees F. If baking more 1 at a
time, arrange the pans in the oven so that you get the best air flow
~ stagger them from one shelf to another, not one directly on top of
another. And do not have a pan touching the walls of the oven or
touching another pan. Good air flow is very important to proper
baking (This is true for trays of cookies, moreover.) Origination: Cooking
with Bang, compiled by Baptist Church in Oregon. Shared by: Sharon
Stevens, August/95.