When baking (I do specifically mean cakes and the like, not your average pasta-based dinner), do you measure things out exactly, or wing it?

I enjoy baking, but don't have a particularly sweet tooth, so I'd like to start freezing the stuff I make so I can just grab one whenever I want it ( Read more... )

My cookies always come out of the oven puffy, but then they flatten out when they cool. How can I make them stay puffy (keeping them vegan)? More baking soda/powder? More egg alternative? My ugly cookies need your help! Dx

I'm going to make gingerbread men to give to my colleagues for Christmas. I have some coloured icing to draw their faces, but what else could I do to Christmas them up?

Does anyone have a good cookie recipe to share ( Read more... )

...because that's always fun ( Read more... )

What Christmas/holiday/seasonal/whatever cookies will you be making this year? Or have you made previously? Or think about making every year but never do? Bonus points for pics or recipe links.

How easy is it to substitute various forms of citrus fruits for each other in a recipe?

Could I make this cake with limes instead of clementines if I increased the sugar? I already made it with the standard recipe and it turned out quite well, so I know the base recipe is good.

There is a recipe for brown sugar pound cake that I want to make, but I want to half it. The problem is that it calls  for 5 eggs. How do I half that? Use 2 or 3 eggs? Something else?

UPDATE: I made this cake and it is DELICIOUS. I highly recommend it. And that Brown Sugar glaze?? It tasted like caramel frosting. YUM. I used 3 eggs.

The recipe is ( Read more... )

What are your all-time favorite types of holiday cookies? How about other holiday desserts and snacks?