Sweet Dishes

Dip 12 strawberries in two tablespoons of light chocolate syrup, Freeze for 1 hour and enjoy.

If you are melting hard chocolate  You can smooth it out by adding a teaspoon of plain cooking oil.

When you’re making any kind of strawberry dessert, add a little bit of Balsamic vinegar to the mixture. The vinegar helps bring out the flavors of the strawberry.

Make a teddy bear birthday cake, a Valentine’s Day heart cake, a Christmas tree cake, or whatever shaped cake the occasion may call for. Just form a double thickness of heavy-duty aluminum foil into the desired shape inside a large cake pan.

Adding a little sugar to the batter of pancakes and waffles will make them brown more quickly.

Always add little salt to sweet dishes and little sugar to other gravies and dishes.

Sugar is not very good for your health, it you need sugar in sauce, try using carrots instead of sugar to sweeten your sauces.

Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan and the marshmallow won’t stick to your fingers.

Whether it’s a cooked-fruit compote, a bowl of chilled strawberries, or an artfully sliced pear on a plate, it’s hard to beat fresh fruit for a tasty dessert. Dress it up with a swirl of chocolate syrup. A small wedge of cheese also works well with pears and apples.

Baked Alaska is a dessert made of a layer of sponge cake topped with ice cream, all of which is then coated in a layer of meringue. Bake the Alaska quickly (for about five minutes) in a very hot oven until the outside is golden-brown. The meringue insulates the ice cream and stops it from [...]

you can melt chocolate in a dry oven. Place grated chocolate in a metal bowl and place it in an oven set at 110? F (if your oven doesn’t go that low, use the lowest temperature and keep the door ajar). Your chocolate will melt in about an hour. Also consider a top quality Double [...]

Just before you remove jelly from the heat, drop in a tablespoon of butter or margarine. As it melts, it will make the jelly very clear

To easily remove a jelly from the mold, lightly brush mold with oil before pouring in the mixture.

To work well with chocolates, rinse your hands frequently in very cold water when rolling chocolate truffles or working hands-on with chocolate.

When unmolding a gelatin dish, wet the dish first. This way the gelatin can be moved to the center easily.

To easily remove a jelly from the mold, lightly brush mold with oil before pouring in the mixture.

To easily remove a jelly from the mold, lightly brush mold with oil before pouring in the mixture.

Make stale marshmallows taste soft and fresh. Put a slice of fresh bread in the bag and leave it closed for 1 or 2 days.

If you do not have powdered sugar handy, it is easy to make your own. Grind normal sugar in a coffee grinder or food processor until it becomes powder.

Stir with a metal spoon until melted. Avoid wooden or plastic spoons – these retain moisture that makes chocolate seize (harden).

Make a better chocolate cake by adding a teaspoon of vinegar to your cake mix.

Sugar syrups used in making candies, frostings and jellies concentrate quicker than at lower elevations.

Once you have your cake made and cooled, it is time to decorate your cake. First, you will have to get some icing. You can use any icing that you like, making your own or using store bought. I like to make my own because I can control the ingredients and the consistency.

Honey is probably the first sweetener know to mankind. Honey can be used in place of sugar to sweeten drinks, compotes, poached or baked fruits, for cakes, sponges and cookies. Honey is used in savory dishes too.

Turn the cake tin around between baking if the oven is not distribution even heat and the cake is baking unevenly.