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Ingredients
- What is castor sugar? What is corn syrup? What is coverture What is fondant? What is frangipane? What is hazelnut spread/Nutella What is superfine sugar? What is treacle? When to use castor sugar
Substitutions
- A gluten-free, no-bake cheesecake crust Baking with applesauce instead of oil Baking with banana instead of fat Baking with sugar substitute Cakes without eggs Cooking with sugar substitute Finding sugar syrup or substitutes for it Interchanging sugar, brown, honey & maple syrup Making candy without corn syrup Pumpkin pie without butter or evaporated milk Pumpkin pie without the crust Substitutes for cane syrup Substituting: bittersweet chocolate for semisweet Substitution: granulated brown sugar for regular Substitution: molasses for corn syrup Substitution: unsweetened chocolate for semisweet Sugarless fudge Using fruit sweeteners in recipes
Desserts
- Fool-proof tips for pumpkin fudge Haupia with canned coconut milk? Homely chess pie How to make marshmallows Jazzing up a boxed cake mix Making a marshmallow cheesecake Origin of the cookie Troubleshooting a brownie recipe What are Champagne Biscuits? What are Lorna Doones? What are Swedish Fish? What is a square of chocolate? What is a torte/flourless chocolate cake? What is nestlerode?
Techniques
- Creaming butter for cookies How to melt white chocolate Keeping cakes fresh Keeping/getting brown sugar soft Measuring superfine sugar Quadrupling a fruit cake recipe Softening brown sugar
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