The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in Substitutions, baking on Monday, March 15th, 2010 12:59 pm GMT -6
How many times have you skipped a recipe because it called for cake flour instead of all-purpose flour? How many times have you looked for cake flour at the market and either couldn’t find it, or cringed at the price? Could it be true that it’s really THIS EASY to make your own cake flour? [...]
Posted in Substitutions on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 12:32 pm GMT -6
This is what you need: sugar. a blender or food processor. cornstarch (optional). the need to eat frosting. The Damsel promises, this really does work and can be used any way “storebought” powered sugar is used. She sincerely wishes she knew about this before, because plain table sugar is quite a bit cheaper than powdered [...]
Posted in Substitutions on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 12:07 pm GMT -6
First, let’s talk. Is brown sugar more healthy than white sugar? Like brown rice vs. white rice, brown bread vs. white bread? Is it less refined? The Damsel looked up an article about how commercial sugar producers make brown sugar and got confused. But it seems it comes down to this: maybe they used to [...]
Posted in Substitutions on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 09:57 pm GMT -6
Have you ever been tempted to put liquid dish soap (the kind you handwash dishes with) in your dishwasher? Perhaps you’ve heard. Or maybe you’ve learned from personal experience. Try this, and you’ll end up with suds irresponsibly billowing out of your dishwasher. The volume of suds is quite astonishing. On the bright side, your [...]
