{"id":82,"date":"2015-09-10T14:17:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T14:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misplacedone.com\/thewillards\/?p=82"},"modified":"2018-09-26T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T12:54:33","slug":"baking-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/2015\/09\/10\/baking-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Baking Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[bg_collapse view=&#8221;button-orange&#8221; color=&#8221;#4a4949&#8243; expand_text=&#8221;Show More&#8221; collapse_text=&#8221;Show Less&#8221; ]<\/p>\n<p>My mom let me digitise her recipe box and a few anecdotal nuggets popped out<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>Always read the entire recipe before you begin to ensure that you have all the necessary ingredients and utensils.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Use the pan size specified in each recipe, and prepare it as directed<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Measure the ingredients accurately, and assemble them in the order they are listed in the recipe.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>When baking cakes, do not open the oven during the first half of the baking time. Cold air will interfere with the rising of the cake.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>The best method for determining if a cake is done is to insert a toothpick or cake tester into the center of the cake; the cake is done if the toothpick comes out clean and dry.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Your cakes will have a more professional look if you apply a thin layer of frosting to seal in any remaining crumbs, and then apply a thicker, final layer after the thin coating has set.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Toasting nuts enhance their flavour.\u00a0 Spread nuts out in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan, and bake in a preheated oven at 325\u00b0F\/165\u00b0C for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted.\u00a0 Stir several times, and cool the nuts before using them.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[bg_collapse view=&#8221;button-orange&#8221; color=&#8221;#4a4949&#8243; expand_text=&#8221;Show More&#8221; collapse_text=&#8221;Show Less&#8221; ] My mom let me digitise her recipe box and a few anecdotal nuggets popped out Always read the entire recipe before you begin to ensure that you have all the necessary ingredients and utensils. Use the pan size specified in each recipe, and prepare it as directed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-baking"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewillards.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}