BAKING SMALL CAKES AND COOKIES

Baking small cakes and cookies are enjoyable and as well as practical techniques are simple and cooking time are short.Cupcakes should be eaten as fresh as possible but cookies can be stored for several days

Baking in a microwave

Use straight sided cups to bake muffins in a microwave rather than in microwave muffins tins

Brush the cups with the oil before adding the mixture. Bake the muffin into small batches.

using a Microwave

Using a flan dish

use a round porcelain fln dish to cook bar cookies in the microwave.Allow to cook then cut into wedges

Adding colours

To add colour into microwave cookies and cakes brush them with honey and scatter with toasted nuts

MAKING SMALL CAKES

using a piping bags

When making a large batch of cupcakes spoons the cake batter into a piping fitted with a large.Plain nozzle pipe the mixture into the cupcakeliners and bake

TOPPING WITH SUGAR

Create a crunchy topping for plain sponge cake by sprinkling them lightly with a brown sugar before baking.

CREATING A SURPRISE

Include a surprise in plain acke by pressing a small square of choclate into the center of the uncooked mixture.

MAKING COOKIES

Cutting out circles

use the rim of upside down wine glass to cut round from rolled out cookies dough if you do not have a cookie cutter. Dim the rim into floor before using it to cut out sticky mixture.

SHAPING DELICATE COOKIES AFTER BAKING

Storing cookie dough

Roll up firm cookie dough and wrap into foil.Store in refrigerator for several weeks baking batch as you need

Improving flavour

Store ginger snaps in a tin for severla days to improve thier flavour. Refresh it in hot oven to serve.

MAKING BISCUITS

Helping biscuits to rise and soften the gluten in the floor use buttermilk or sour cream instead of milk and equal quantity of baking soda and cream of tartar instead of baking poeder.

Rolling biscuit wedge

Instead of cutting round biscuit role the dough in to one smooth circle and cut into wedges withthesharp knife Bake then pull apart to serve

ADDING SAVORY FALAVOUR

To give palin biscuit dough a savory flavour sift 1 tsp of celery salt with the flour or stir in some herbs.

SHAPING STICKY DOUGH

WETTING HANDS

To prevent cookie dough from sticking to your hand wet them in cold water before handling it

CHILLING DOUGH

If cookie dough is too sticky to haandle wrap it in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.If it is still sticky work in some flavour