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When separating the yolks and whites of eggs for baking or cooking ensure you use chilled eggs. This is because chilled eggs are much easier to separate, as the yolk does not break as easily. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

To stop a boiling pan from spilling over, you can either lower the heat or if you wish the heat to remain the same, then place a wooden spoon across the diameter of the pan, and this will prevent it from boiling over. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

Can you eat that egg? - By Scott Matthews If not sure you ought-ter, then place it in water. If it lies on its side, then it's fresh; eat with pride. After three or four days, at an angle it lays. But, it still is a treat, so go on and eat. Ten days, stands on end, in your baking 'twill blend. 'Cause it's definitely edible, in your baking, incredible. But, if it floats on the surface, that egg serves no purpose. 'Cause a floater's a stinker! Out the back door best fling 'er! Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

This double ended ball tool has multiple uses, the large ball tool can be used for flower petals, thinning out icing, making ruffles and frilling edges etc. Whereas the small end can be used to add indentations, eye sockets and details to shapes and models. These are a must-have for your cake decorating tool kit. Hints, Tips and Tools Easy Cupcake Toppers Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

Once you have devoured your lovely bottle of wine, simply rinse it out with hot soapy water, let it dry out fully and then this can be used as an alternative to a rolling pin if you do not have one. Please ensure you lightly dust your wine bottle with icing or confectioners sugar before rolling. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

In the event, you have ground in mixture in your tin simply soak the tin in warm soapy water and then run a cocktail stick around the rim or edges to remove the excess ground in cake mixture. Once removed, re-wash and then rinse. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

If you are storing cookies in a sealed container, remember to add a sliced piece of apple or an apple wedge in with the cookies in order for them to remain moist. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

If you have forgotten to pull your butter out of the fridge and wish to soften it quickly for baking simply place the butter on a plate and then cover it with a warmed glass or bowl. This will surround the butter with warm air and will make it soften quicker due to the heat radiating from the glass/bowl. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

If you lightly brush your swiss roll sponge with stock syrup before you roll it, it will moisten the cake and prevent cracks from forming when rolling up. https://www.helpmebake.com/threads/stock-syrup-recipe-and-guide.403/ Picture courtesy of our lovely member Kari and his Swiss Roll Recipe Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

This Bismark nozzle and the #230 nozzle are ideal nozzles for helping you fill cupcakes, eclairs and doughnuts with a scrumptious filling. Just insert the nozzle straight into your dessert, squeeze and drag the nozzle out slowly whilst piping the filling in at the same time. These are relatively cheap and can be purchased from Cake Shops, Amazon or Ebay. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials

If you do not have a cupcake tray or cupcake box to transport your newly decorated cupcakes in then here is an alternative for you. 1. Get a Muffin tray and some Aluminium Foil which is bigger than your tray. (US - Aluminum Foil) 2. Then start to make a mould of the tray by pressing the foil into the holes like so until you have filled in the holes and scrunched the edges of the foil to the tray. 3. Now carefully remove the foil from the tin. 4. This Aluminium mould can now be put into your container of choice, remember to try and keep as much of the shape as you can. If you wish to transport more cupcakes you could make a mould of a 12 deep muffin tin. Just make as many moulds as you need to prevent the cupcakes from...

If you are making cylinders or towers for a cake you can either use a swiss roll and cover it in icing fondant or you can place cake mix/batter in a greased and lined clean aluminium baked beans or spaghetti tin (removing the label of course) and simply bake the cake in the oven. Once baked leave to cool and then carefully slide the cake out by tugging softly on the baking paper/ greaseproof paper to enable you to remove the cake from the tin. You can then cover the cake in buttercream or jam and use this on your cake. Hints, Tips and Tools Basic Baking and Cake Decorating Recipes and Guides Tutorials