Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Yes, there is more than one way to mix a cake, and depending on the recipe and the resulting cake, it could be firm and dense, light and airy, or coarse and crumbly. Choosing the right recipe will enable you to choose the right cake for …read more
Cannolis – they inspire both hunger and fear: hunger as they are crispy tubes filled with a sweetened cream filling, and fear as they have to be made and fried just right or else you’ll end up with a hard, greasy shell. Cannolis are one of those …read more
We all know baking something at the proper temperature is a good thing. But how do you convert a temperture in Celsius if it is in Fahrenheit, or in Fahrenheit if it is Celsius? A simple conversion can be done online through the many different online temperature conversions, but if you are no where near a computer, knowing how to do by hand or by calculator is a very handy.
The basic calculations for converting a temperature reading in Celsius to Fahrenheit is: Basic Formula (C*9)/5+32 = F. The basic calculations for converting a temperting reading in Fahrenheit to Celsius is: Basic Formula (F – 32)*5/9.
On PastrySampler.com, I listed step by step how to convert the different temperatures, and all it takes is a little algebra.
I recently made a savory tomato tart with mozzerella for the family. Big hit, especially with the kids who have suddenly found anything with fresh tomatoes heaven (last year it was barely edible…). The first thing I did was line the pastry mold with pie …read more