Posts by SgtGoodie

In reply to post #124  by "Ol Kentuck" (I should have quoted the post) a Tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, so half a Tablespoon is 1 1/2 teaspoons. If you need to then add 1 more teaspoon the final measurement is 2 1/2...

Yeah that's why I was trying to find him a reliable formula using weights rather than sifting and measuring with cups and Tablespoons. I just pay the extra to use teh cake flour in the first place myself. Maybe I should give the DIY...

Thanks Pete. I'm sure the formula will help considerably. Do you have any thoughts as to the quality of the final product when using this kind of mixture versus using regular cake flour? Also it sounds like the 2 Tbsp formula from the...

Today a friend of mine asked how to make Cake flour out of General purpose flour so I did a web search and came up with an "Ehow" answer. It says to subtract 2 Tbsp out of every cup of flour to be used replacing it with...

Here;'s a link to a place where you can find the different flours sold to the general public.     http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/flours/flours-and-grain-blends 

Cake flour "and" pastry flour are both "soft" flours containing lower amounts of protiens and thus produce less gluten which results in a more tender product. Harder flours such as straight flour, pattent...

The cake boss is a joke. Not the man... the show. That guy can do some great things with a cake. You may notice whenever they have him positioned talking to the camera there are nice wedding cakes behind him. But the cakes they put on...

That's some pretty technical stuff from Ms. Dean. Any less than average house wife would think to maybe even add a bit of salt and pepper to the pot (or saucepan).

Thanks Chefedb, I have to say I'm not a big fan of most TV cake shows. Toba said in her book that the use of marzipan is more of a European thing in her book. I noticed in Mich's book that she has either marzipan or chocolate plastique...

I'm looking through my cake decor books and magazines again for some ideas. One of my books is by Mich Turner called (of course) "Wedding Cakes" and in her recipes I notice that all of the cake has two layers of frosting. One...