and is often an ingredient in packaged cake mixes. If you do not have self-raising flour, combine plain flour with baking powder and salt, or add raising agents separately in your recipe.

There's nothing quite like the delicate nutty flavor of almonds in a dessert, and this almond cream cake with buttercream ...

This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes. Cake flour gives these classic white cupcakes a very fine, tender crumb, and the high ratio of egg whites to yolks ensures a snowy ...

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When baking cakes with gluten-free flour, adding xanthan gum ... Adding slightly more gluten-free baking powder than the recipe requires can help make a lighter and fluffier cake.

By Christopher Kimball For The Associated Press Pasticceria Gollini in Vignola, Italy, not far from Modena, is home to the ...

2. In a small baking dish, spread the pecans. Toast them in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they have a fragrant, ...

This recipe includes measurements for a 20cm cake ... Lightly grease 3 x 20cm cake tins with butter and pop in a base liner of baking paper to make removing the cakes easier. No need to flour the tins ...