How to store flour, sugar, yeast, and spices – tips and charts
Proper storage of pantry staples like flour, sugar, yeast, and spices makes a big difference to the quality of your baking. The right condit…
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What to Replace Eggs in Baking: 11 Best Alternatives
How to replace eggs in baking is a question that comes up for anyone dealing with an egg allergy, following a vegan diet, observing a religi…
What are strong and weak flours: a simple explanation for baking enthusiasts
Strong and weak flour is a simple way of dividing wheat flour by protein (gluten) content — and understanding the difference is the key to b…
New Year Menu for 2024 (Year of the Dragon) – What Delicious Dishes to Prepare
Discover the magic of New Year 2024, the Year of the Dragon, with our exclusive festive menu. We have carefully selected dishes that combine…
How to Bake Beets in the Oven
Oven-baking is the gentlest way to cook beets, keeping the flesh sweet and juicy while the nutrients stay locked inside the vegetable instea…
Decoupage of Easter Eggs
For the holiday, eggs do not have to be coloured with natural or artificial dyes at all. With the help of special paper napkins, you can dec…
Icing for Kulich
From the most ordinary ingredients, powdered sugar and orange or lemon juice, you can make a wonderful icing for Easter cake, and it works n…
DIY Paskha Molds
When you have nothing to bake your Easter cakes in and you don't feel like running to the shop, a homemade cake mould comes to the rescue. I…
Protein Glaze for Kulich
Snow-white, thick, and completely safe, this protein glaze for kulich is built on a cooked egg-white base, much like the one used for Swiss …
Icing for Easter Cake with Gelatin (Without Eggs)
This gelatin-based Easter cake glaze is a clever, modern alternative to traditional egg-white icing, and it solves the two main problems of …
What is gelatin made of
Gelatin is made from collagen, the structural protein found in the bones, skin, cartilage, and connective tissue of animals – most commonly …
Thursday salt - what is it for and how to prepare it
Russian black salt, known as chetvergovaya or "Thursday salt", is a centuries-old tradition prepared once a year on Clean Thursday before Ea…