Tips for baking cakes!!

 Below are a few key things that every novice baker should know:

§             Preheating the oven IS important

§             Knowing the difference between a teaspoon and a tablespoon and a cup can make or break a recipe.

§             If you forget to pretreat your pan with butter and flour that cake isn’t going to resemble a cake when you try to remove it from the pan.

§             If you use an 8 inch round cake pan instead of a nine inch round cake pan the cake is un-doubtly going to over flow.*

§             If your oven is too hot and you think it will just take less time to cook you are wrong.

§             Egg shells are not a fun surprise ingredient. In anything. Ever.

§             If a recipe calls for baking powder don’t think that using baking soda will be a good substitute.

§             Follow your recipe exactly. Baking is a science and until you understand ratios don’t mess with them.

§             Placement of the racks in the oven is an important but sometimes (in my case) over looked step

§             If you really love baking and don’t give up you will be a good baker.

Case in point:

*If you use an 8 inch round cake pan instead of a nine inch round cake pan the cake is un-doubtly going to over flow.

Tips!

• When they say about "seasoning" it means "salt and black pepper".  U can use this as a basic for your chicken, beef, lamb or even the fish.
• U know what, to make the lamb, chicken or beef more tenderly and juicy, you can use a soda drink like a coke, pepsi or strawberry when you marinated them.  You can use Esprit too!! hehe..
• parsley and coriander are most similar.  Choose the right one for your soup. 
• Boiled your asparagus in hot water with salt and 1 teaspoon oil.  
• If you like to cook, buy few magazines and cooking books for your reference.  Theres a lot of info, tips, recipes and idea you can use and share.