All about Cakes & Cookies Baking

[spring]

Hi all baking experts…


My ds 1st birthday is round e corner and I want to bake him a cake. First of all, I am aliens to baking, which means that what is meant by sieve flour I dont understand. I dun hav much time to read thru this thread thoroughly so please pardon my endless questions.

So do I need to attend a bakery class?
Any easiest cake for person like me who has no knowledge abt baking?
What are e equipments tat I need?
Do I really need to buy an expensive mixer to get good result?

Will appreciate any advice from you all… Looking forward to any input. Tia!

[jtoh]

Hi Spring,


You don’t need to attend a class to bake a cake. If you’ve never baked before and want to make a delicious cake without all the fuss, why not try one of the cake mixes from the supermarket? Just buy a box of Betty Crocker cake mix (or any other brand). All you need to do is follow the very simple instructions which is usually just add oil, water and eggs, stir (you don’t even need a mixer to stir), pour into baking tin and bake. The final step is to add frosting and decorate to your heart’s delight.

If you want to bake from scratch, just get a recipe off the internet or buy a simple cookbook, follow the instructions and you’re off. The beginners guide to baking books would also give you instructions on what sieving, folding etc are.

Good luck!

[adnyl711]

Hi all,


I’m also new at baking.
I’ve only done baking during my home eons classes in sch prior to baking 24 cupcakes with decos for my DS’s first birthday. Took the receipe off YouTube. Hehe
Did a test bake before doing the actual baking of his bday cupcakes.

Chanced upon this site while searching for Betty crocker’s cake mixes…
And all the pics really made my mouth drool and made me so hungry that I’m snacking on biscuits at midnight!

Well…For teachers’ day I’m thinking of baking some cupcakes or cookies for my
DS’s teachers and also baking some cupcakes for my younger DS’s first bday in Oct.

Hope to learn from the experts bakers here!:)

[micollh]

anyone has toyomi oven ? i bought one and im gonna bake bake bake…

[EatNonStop]

Hee hee, have been mia for couple of weeks.....just to share with baking friends here my recent bakes....


Milo white choco chips muffins.
I pretty like this batch as it is light and fluffy. Unfortunately, not much of Milo taste
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Oreo Muffins.
My kids really whop up these 6 muffins....I guess its becos its \"OREO\"
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Pandan Swiss Rolls. I really have problem rolling it up nicely. I find it too sweet too but my colleages still manage to finish up the cake.
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Chinese Chicken Paus....Wa, these really look ugly right. I was still thinking whether to post this or not...Well, since this is my 1st attempt and a forum to share so....... taste still marginally acceptable haha :evil:
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Pandan Man Tou....
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Chocolate swiss roll with nutella spread. Still need alot of skill to roll up properly. Guess it has the nutella and cake is fluffy, my kids finish the entire roll
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[Happy Mama]

EatNonStop, wow your bakes never fail to make me :drool: :drool:

Looks really delicious! :love:
Your pandan mantou looks really pro...

[jtoh]

EatNonStop, you’ve been busy!

[micollh]

im trying to bake a princess cake for my girl.. im following this http://www.howdini.com/howdini-video-7094674.html


it seems manageable.. any of u have tried something like this? where can i get the pink biscuits? and can help me to give me recipe on how to make the icing?? thankss..

[jtoh]

micollh:

im trying to bake a princess cake for my girl.. im following this http://www.howdini.com/howdini-video-7094674.html


it seems manageable.. any of u have tried something like this? where can i get the pink biscuits? and can help me to give me recipe on how to make the icing?? thankss..

You can try getting the pink biscuits from Candy Empire. Can't remember the brand but there's an aussie wafer biscuit that's pink with fairies on its packaging.

[micollh]

jtoh, thanks ,… they dun have website that i can order online… sigh… guess have to make the trip there