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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: laughingpearls
biscuits not healthy? but we eat biscuits with milk as snacks :-! OK as for lunch I am having Dal broth rice with beans fry curry :-)

That sounds so good. Biscuits can be unhealthy sometimes

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Posted: 9 years ago

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oh OK:-) have you ever baked a cake

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: laughingpearls
oh OK:-) have you ever baked a cake

A couple of times, they're still not good enough though. Need more practise

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same pinch even I started baking... this year as we bought a new oven...my cakes taste too good but the problem is they do not look like a store brought one...it looks flat...not dense...it is not airy... but it's spongy... it's been two months since I started baking...poor my family must eat it always...

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: laughingpearls
same pinch even I started baking... this year as we bought a new oven...my cakes taste too good but the problem is they do not look like a store brought one...it looks flat...not dense...it is not airy... but it's spongy... it's been two months since I started baking...poor my family must eat it always...

Self raising flour will make it airy and a properly heated oven

You need to whip the air in and not lose that air as well

My middle never gets cooked and I burn a lot of my stuff

Start with cupcakes so you can practise, that's what my focus is then I'll move to big ones

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may be it's because I'm using all purpose flour (maida)...well I need to buy cupcake tin...actually I already tried mug cakes ;-) but it tasted average... can you tell me the difference between pastry cake and a normal cake?

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: laughingpearls
may be it's because I'm using all purpose flour (maida)...well I need to buy cupcake tin...actually I already tried mug cakes ;-) but it tasted average... can you tell me the difference between pastry cake and a normal cake?

You need sef raising flour for cakes so it rises

Else you need to add a raising agent to normal flour

I've done mug cakes too, I don't like them either.

Pastry cake? What's that.

Cakes change according to the flour and any thing else you add. Some cakes are heavier in texture than sponges which are light because of the raising agent.

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Posted: 9 years ago

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yaa I add baking soda and baking powder also :-) even I don't like mug cakes... and http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipe/classic-vanilla-birthday-cake-with-caramel-pastry-cream/12496/ http://www.tarladalal.com/White-Forest-Pastry-(-Cakes-and-Pastries)-36944r

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