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Welcome to class #6 of 7 in the “Cake Batter” course. This article will explore another ingredient in cake batter, butter and other fats. To learn general information about the science of butter and other fats please visit the…

For a baker, just as important as the flavor enhancements that sugar provides are the ways that sugar affects a baked good’s texture.

This is the fourth in a series of 7 “Cake Batter” classes. This article will explore an important ingredient in cake batter, eggs. In the 3rd class we looked at one of the cake structure-builders, flour. We learned that…

In this article we’ll learn how to create a great cake recipe using the Baker’s Formula. The information in this article is the culmination of all our Cake Batter classes, but can also stand alone. If you’d like to…

In this article we’ll examine what is arguably the most important ingredient in cake batter, flour. In this series of “Cake Batter” classes we’re using the traditional “quatre quarts” pound cake recipe as a tool to understand the baking…

Cake recipes have just a small amount of salt, baking powder and/or baking soda. But salt and leavening agents have a big impact on the taste and texture of a cake. In the first Cake Batter class we started…

Introducing Reverse Creaming also know as Two Stage Creaming. This is the first in a series of 7 “Cake Batter” classes. Over the course of the series we’ll test how changes to cake batter mixing technique and ingredients can…