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It's all about Holiday Baking.....

I've decided to share some great tips for baking, cooking and any kitchen tips to help in all your holiday baking.

Please pass on your great tips old or new that will help our baking community..

Here are a few great tips from my kitchen.

-To get a nice smooth icing on your cake, always do a quick crumb coat first. First let your cake cool after baking. Take a little of your icing and put in a separate bowl (in case you get crumbs in it!) Ice your cake with your little bowl of icing, again don't worry on how it looks or how many crumbs you see on your cake AND Ice thinly. Put in the fridge until your cake is cold (about 1/2 hour) 
Take out and ice with the remaining clean (crumb free) icing. Your final icing should go on nice and smooth over your crumb coat.

-Want a quick easy icing for cookies or cupcakes. Take your bag of chocolate chips (any kind-white or chocolate) and melt in hot water. DO not boil, but rather put in a bowl in the sink and add some hot water out of the tap. Massage it until your chocolate is melted-it'll take a few minutes, so mold it every minute or two. Take a pair of scissors and cut the corner off. IF you want to use it to write with, cut a small hole, if you want to make some designs cut a larger hole and voila!
An instant decorating bag with chocolate.

-Colour your coconut..... Take a clean empty jar and fill it half way with coconut (any kind will do) Add a couple drops of food colouring and shake well. Add red or green for your festive decorating. You can also decorate sugar in the same way to make coloured sugar to sprinkle over cookies or cupcakes. 

-When cooking or baking with sticky gooey things like peanut butter or molasses,  spray your measuring cup with non-stick spray first and it'll come out much easier.

-Love baking with blueberries or other fruit but they always sink to the bottom of your cake or cupcake?? Simply wash your berries and dust them in flour and then mix them gentley into your batter. Your berries will now be evenly spread in your cake or cupcake.

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Christina

www.christinascakecreations.ca