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Baking

Powder or Soda?

February 6, 2010

What is the difference between baking soda and baking powder? Why do some recipes call for one, some for the other, and some call for both?
Baking soda, or bicarbonate of soda, releases carbon dioxide when it comes into contact with an acidic liquid. The resulting air bubbles help whatever you are baking rise.
Now, baking soda [...]

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Haiti Bake Sale Day!

January 27, 2010

Good morning!

Today is the day of The Chic Life’s Bake Sale for Haiti . As I mentioned once before, I am contributing one batch of my Chai Tea Scones to the cause, and there are lots of other great-looking treats up for sale as well!
So, head over to The Chic Life before midnight to bid [...]

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Help Haiti

January 17, 2010

I’m sure you are all aware of the recent tragedy in Haiti.   Diana of The Chic Life has decided to hold an online bake sale to benefit the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund.

The bake sale will be held on Wednesday, January 27. I will be selling a batch of my Chai Tea [...]

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Help! I don’t have any cake flour!

January 4, 2010

Welcome to the last installation of the Just Eat It: Brain Food 101 Wheat Flour series! In case you missed the first four, they are here:

Quick v. Yeast Breads
Whole Wheat v. White Flour
Baking Experiment: All-Purpose versus Pastry Flour
Baking With Wheat Flour: It’s All About the Protein

And for a special deal on the Chocomize chocolate I [...]

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Quick v. Yeast Breads

January 3, 2010

First things first, the winner of the Chocomize giveaway is Mel, who said:
I’ve gotta de-lurk for this one for sure! I think the one that you got with the orange slices and gummi bears sounds super interesting and yummy!
Mel, send me your information and we’ll get you your gift certificate!
Today’s post was going to [...]

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Whole Wheat versus White Flour

December 10, 2009

It should also be noted that whole wheat flour absorbs more moisture than white or wheat flour, so you may need to add more water, oil, butter, or milk to your recipe when substituting whole wheat flour for white flour. … Though I haven’t personally tried whole white wheat bread, I’ve read that it is slightly sweeter than whole wheat bread. 200912092351.jpg Durum Flour Durum flour is made from a special kind of wheat, durum wheat.

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14 Days of Yoga

December 7, 2009

As you may have noticed on my Project Strength page, I started taking classes at a new yoga studio!

They offer a great deal to new students: $20 for 14 days of unlimited classes! My goal is to go to at least 9 classes before my 14 days are up!
So far, I’ve attended three classes:

Friday: Inner [...]

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Baking Experiment: All-Purpose versus Pastry Flour

December 4, 2009

Miss the first installment of my Just Eat It: Brain Food 101 Wheat Flour series? No worries, you can find it here!
Today’s experiment compares the use of pastry flour to all-purpose flour for making scones. Orange Coconut & White Chocolate Chip scones, to be exact. Both the pastry and all-purpose flours I used were whole [...]

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