You’ve probably heard the phrase “baking is like an exact science” many times . And that’s right, the intuition behind many savory recipes is relegated to the background when it comes to desserts, where you must follow the quantities and the step by step of the recipe to the letter to achieve the correct result Freeze dried candy michigan.
Thus, today we want to offer you some baking tricks that can be very useful when preparing your delicious sweets. Tricks for the perfect cake – If you don’t want your cake to be made differently depending on the area and rise more on one side than the other, you should avoid opening the oven door during cooking. Also, if you see that it rises more in the center, it means that your temperature is very high. On the contrary, if it sinks in the center, you have to raise the grades. – To check if the cake is ready, insert a toothpick inside the dough . If it comes out clean, it’s time to remove it from the oven.
- If you see that the cake is getting too cooked on top, but the inside is not ready yet, you can cover the base with aluminum foil.
- To cover it with a chocolate coating, you must avoid making it too liquid, as it would slide across the surface and leave visible spaces. You would have to let it cool a little to get a fluid but not liquid texture.
- Do you want to make a raisin cake, but they always go to the bottom? To avoid this, you must dredge them in flour before including them in the dough.
- To avoid lumps of flour in the dough, when adding it to the mixture you must sift it with the help of a strainer, giving small strokes.
- When working with the cake dough, you must use the ingredients at room temperature.
- To get a fluffier dough, it is preferable to use the whisk mixer.
You already have the tricks, so let’s go with the cooked one: chocolate and almond cake.
Ingredients:
- 170 g of Dr. Oetker Ground Almonds.
- 150 g of sugar plus 2 tablespoons.
- 6 eggs.
- 85 g of butter.
- 185g of dark chocolate fondant
- 1 teaspoon of Dr. Oetker Vanilla Sugar.
- 2 tablespoons of Dr. Oetker Orange Blossom Water.
- 1 sachet of Dr. Oetker Black Coverage.
- 3 tablespoons of Dr. Oetker Sliced Almonds.
Step by step:
- We melt the chocolate and butter in a bain-marie.
- We separate the egg yolks and beat them together with the 150 g of sugar, the Vanilla Sugar and the Orange Blossom Water.
- When the previous mixture is foamy, we will add the chocolate and butter, beat, and add the Ground Almonds.
- On the other hand, we will whip the egg whites until stiff, add the two tablespoons of sugar and beat. When it is ready, we will mix it with the above.
- We will put the entire mixture in a previously buttered mold and put it in the oven (which we will have preheated) at 180º for 50 minutes.
- To decorate, we will toast the Slivered Almonds in a pan. Next, we will heat the chocolate flavored topping bag in the microwave. When it is ready, we will cover the cake with the chocolate and distribute the almonds on top.
Tips for your desserts in a glass
- To achieve a more decorative look, prepare two containers, one with melted chocolate and the other with some decorative detail from Dr. Oetker, such as Colored Noodles, Fantasy Decomagia, Chocolate Hearts and Stars, Golden Pearls …Then, dip the edge of the glass in the chocolate and then insert it into the other container so that the chocolate is impregnated with the chosen element.
- For smoothies, juices or cocktails, you can decorate the edge of the glass in a very sweet way . To do this you will have to heat a tablespoon of vanilla sugar along with one tablespoon of water. Then, wet the glass with the mixture, and then place it on the pink sugar base from Dr. Oetker’s Decomagia that you will have placed on a plate.
- To make inclined desserts, you can use a base for baking cupcakes or muffins. You will only have to use the gaps to support the tilted glasses, fill them with the chosen sweet and let them cool.
With the tricks in hand, we are going to prepare this delicious straciatella with cookies and crocanti:
Ingredients:
- 400 ml of whipping cream.
- 1 sachet of Natafix Dr.Oetker
- 1 package of Dr.Oetker Chocolate Pearls.
- 2 tablespoons of Dr.Oetker Vanilla Sugar.
- 12 Maria type cookies.
- 125 ml of coffee.
- 1 sachet of Crocanti Dr. Oetker Almonds.
Step by step:
- We will start by cutting the cookie into each glass (these quantities make about 12 glasses). We will add a tablespoon of coffee to each one.
- In a bowl we will mix the cream, Vanilla Sugar and Natafix, and we will whip it. Then we will add the Chocolate Pearls.
- We will put a little of this mixture in each glass, and we will finish with half a teaspoon of Almond Crocanti on top.
- We will let it cool.
Tricks to decorate your desserts
- One of the most used materials when making creative pastries is fondant . Thus, to dye it and get different shades, you will only have to use Dr. Oetker Food Colors. The only thing you will have to do is make a ball with the fondant, open a small hole in the center, add a few drops of coloring and knead. These colorants have a gel texture that is very easy to dose. And they don’t stain!
- In this way, the most basic thing is to cover cakes with fondant. To do this, put a thin layer of icing sugar in the area where you are going to work. Next, spread the fondant with the help of a rolling pin, and with the help of the rolling pin itself, lift the fondant and cover the cake or sponge cake. Next, shape the edges with your hands, and cut off the excess with the tip of a knife. Then all you have to do is decorate.
- When you have finished, if you have leftover fondant you will have to wrap it with plastic wrap, and in turn store it in an airtight plastic bag. This will prevent it from drying out.
- To make simple decorations on cookies or on cake and pastry bases you can use Pastry Pencils , which you can find in different colors, or chocolate flavor.
- To decorate with fantasy elements, you can make your own templates with baking paper.
- Another possible decoration for desserts is icing . In this way, to get the perfect glaze, and not too dry, you must add a few drops of water. You will do it little by little, until you get the right texture. If, on the other hand, it is very liquid, you will have to add icing sugar in the same way.
What if we see the glaze recipe?
Ingredients:
- 200g icing sugar.
- 1 egg white.
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.