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Everything You Need to Know About Cake
From cakes that sink faster than the titanic to cakes with more craters than the moon – a little know-how can make all the difference when avoiding a cake catastrophe! To help you on your way to becoming the best home baker you can be, the Queen Team have put their heads together to create our list of most commonly asked cake questions and answers.
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Your Top Baking Ingredient Questions Answered – Fridge Basics
From handy substitutions to clever kitchen hacks, we’ve answered all your important ingredient questions to help you to become a more savvy and confident baker. While you may already know a few of these tips, it’s always good to brush up on the why. Baking is a science, after all!
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Your Top Baking Ingredient Questions Answered – Pantry Basics
So, you’re an expert at eating cake, but how about making it? Today we’re taking a deep dive into all things baking, answering all your important ingredient questions to help you become a more savvy and confident baker. While you may already know a few of these tips, it’s always good to brush up on the why – baking is a science, after all!
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Baking Basics: Get the 101 on Common Baking Terms
So you’ve bought all your ingredients and you’re raring to go, you start reading through the recipe and BAM! “Dock the pastry…” What does that even mean?! Time and time again, super specific baking terms pop up in recipes. If you’re new to baking, these can be quite intimidating – leading you to think a recipe is harder than it really is. Not anymore! Read on for the lowdown on common baking terms that might stop you in your tracks, making it a little easier for next time.
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How to Store & Prep Ahead Your Baking
If eating your way through an entire cake fills you with fear, or you’re always baking at the last minute, this one’s for you! We’ve put together 10 helpful tips to make your cakes and bakes last longer, as well as prep ahead advice to give you a head start on any baking adventures.
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We’re For Baked Goods and Good Enoughs
Here at Queen, we’ll be the first to admit that we only tend to feature our recipes at their very best. But we’ll let you in on a little secret: our test kitchen bakes are often far from the perfect sponges and cheesecakes that stare back at you from social media! We’ve had our fair share of bake fails, from forgotten cakes, cracked pavs and the dreaded over-whipped cream. But we can absolutely guarantee that our recipes will taste pretty darn good, even if yours doesn’t turn out exactly like the picture.
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10 Ways to Save a Bake Fail
We’ll be honest, baking can be a little intimidating, even more so when it doesn’t turn out exactly as you expected. Even at Queen, we’ve had our fair share of “bake fails” and “not quite rights!” Take a breath and relax, it’s all part and parcel of the wonderful world of baking – we all have our off days.
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5 Ways to Use Glycerine in Baking
If you’ve got a bottle of Queen Glycerine stashed in the back of your pantry, this blog is for you! Regularly used as a humectant in skincare, glycerine attracts and reduces the loss of moisture. But did you know it works in the same way for your baking?
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