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Quick and easy Date and Coffee loaves - Clandestine Cake. Try making more and freeze them I made two of these quick and easy Date and Coffee loaves. Both were devoured immediately. So I made two more. One of which I decided to freeze for later. I don’t normally freeze cakes, but I hate waste and wanted to see if there is any change in taste and moisture after being in the freezer for a few weeks. Why use bicarbonate of soda with dates? When I decided to make these loaves, I noticed that many date recipes use Bicarbonate of soda during the date cooking process. Once I’d added the bicarb of soda, after simmering the dates and water, I left it to cool a little and the result was a lovely smooth mixture that incorporated quickly and easily into my cake batter. This resulted in a really nice moist cake, with an even bake and spread of dates throughout the cake.

Invest in baking tins and cake liners Some of my favourite tins to use when making loaves are the 1lb loaf tins. How to serve a date or tea loaf. Note: This post contains affiliate links. Print. Perfect cream cheese frosting - all my top tips for success. Cream cheese frosting is yummy especially with red velvet cake and carrot cake. Made well it should have a consistency suitable for piping as well using for a cake filling or coating. Often people get in a bit of a pickle making cream cheese frosting and find that it is too runny. Follow my step by step instructions and it should work perfectly every time. This is sufficient to fill and cover the top and sides of an 8 inch round. 340g cream cheese 115g butter 340g icing sugar, sifted a few drops vanilla essence or 1 teaspoon grated orange zest Soften your room temperature butter with either the vanilla or the orange zest.

Add your icing sugar, a spoon at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping bowl down frequently. Add your cream cheese and beat lightly until incorporated. Ta dah! Top tips Make sure your ingredients are room temperature. An alternative is to flavour your usual buttercream with New York cheesecake flavour (available in the shop). Chocolate Truffle Cake 2015. Devils Food Cake 2015. Building Your Own Inexpensive Studio For Your Food Photography - Whole Lifestyle Nutrition | Organic Recipes | Holistic Recipes. Building A Studio For Only $10.00! Today I want to share with how I built my inexpensive food photography studio. This is for our new series: Learn About Food Photography, Equipment & Props.

Without the tabletop lighting unit, this project cost right around $10 and I use it all the time! Would you believe me if I told you that my studio is in my garage? This studio is very versatile. So lets get started on this easy project that will take you no time at all to put together. Notice that I left a little bit of the sides and angled it to help support the side that stands alone. Now simply put your box on an elevated surface. Now add your tabletop unit to the bottom of the box. Once you have your tabletop unit in then you put your backdrop in. Use wood clamps to hold the fleece in place. That’s it! The Final Results & Camera Details Here is the photo that was shot in this shoot. I hope you all have found this informative. More Great Photography Post ~ Photography, Equipment, Props & More. AMERICAN BUTTERCREAM ICING. Food news: Taste of London and Konditor & Cook.

Nversion chart for oven temperatures, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Gas Mark and Description. Found a recipe you want to try but, unfortunately, it only gives oven temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit and you cook by gas - what is the gas mark equivalent? What is meant by "cook in a moderate oven"? My new cooker has Celsius markings, how do I convert my old recipes? These are all queries I have received over the past few months, so I thought this page may prove useful to others. Please remember this is a guide only and not exact conversions. As a rule of thumb Celsius is roughly half the Fahrenheit temperature. If you would like this information permanently to hand this apron will not only protect you from splashes and spills, it puts a whole mass of essential information right where you can access it straight away! It includes; numeric conversions, cooking times for vegetables, roasting times, freezing instructions, defrosting times, a cooking glossary and loads more!

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