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Baking Cake Tips, "H"

Handling Cake tips

Easy Cake Handling.
When garnishing the sides of a frosted cake with nuts or coconut, it's easy to make a mess. To keep the process neater and make handling the cake easier, Cut a cardboard cake round slightly smaller than the cake and place the cake on top of it. Using the cake round, hold the cake over a bowl of chopped nuts or coconut by hand while applying the garnish to the sides of the cake.
Hazelnuts tips

Hazelnuts Preparation.
Bring to boil 3 cups of water. Slowly add 1/4 cup of baking soda and then add 2 cups of hazelnuts. Let it boil for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse. Under running water the pinch off the skins of the hazelnuts. Dry and toast at 350ºF for 10 to 15 minutes.
Heat Distribution tips

Baking More Than One Pan.
If baking more than one pan at a time place them at different angles on different racks to allow maximum circulation of heat. Alternate their placement on the racks half way through the baking time.

Proper Heat Distribution.
For proper heat distribution, cake pans should not touch each other or the sides of the oven during baking.
Honey tips

How to Use and Store Honey.
To substitute honey for sugar in recipes, start by substituting up to half of the sugar called for. With a little experimentation, honey can replace all the sugar in some recipes. When baking with honey, remember the following: Reduce any liquid called for by 1/4 cup for each cup of honey used. Add l/2 teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used. Reduce oven temperature by 25 F to prevent over-browning. Because of its high fructose content, honey has a higher sweetening power than sugar. This means you can use less honey than sugar to achieve the desired sweetness. When measuring honey, coat the measuring cup with non-stick cooking spray or vegetable oil before adding the honey. The honey will slide right out. To retain honey's wonderfully luxuriant texture, always store it at room temperature; never in the refrigerator. If your honey becomes cloudy, don't worry. It's just crystallization, a natural process. Place your honey jar in warm water until the crystals disappear. If you're in a hurry, place it in a microwave-safe container and heat it in the microwave on HIGH for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds. Remember, never boil or scorch honey.