10 Top Tips for Baking

1. When putting ingredients together for your cake, make sure they are all at room temperature.

2. A pinch of salt can bring out the flavours.

3. When making meringues thoroughly degrease all utensils and bowls.

4. A little hot water added to a cake batter as a last ingredient can work wonders.

5. Soft brown muscovado in fruit cakes adds a lovely flavour.

6. Store fruit cakes in greaseproof then foil rather than just foil.

7. To get more juice from a lemon place the lemon in the oven for a few minutes.

8. The zest and juice of an orange gives a nice flavour to buttercream.

9. Grating whole nutmeg enhances flavour.

10. When all else fails how about some Siwgr a Sbeis cakes?