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All About Flour

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Why use bread flour, or cake flour, or pastry flour? Different types of flour can affect the texture, stability, and overall outcome of your breads, cakes, pies, and cookies.

Assembling a Wedding Cake

BY: Frances Crouter

If you're an experienced baker, learning how to make a wedding cake is well within your reach.

Baking Challah

BY: Tammy Weisberger

Challah is a rich egg bread served on the Jewish Sabbath and on holidays or other celebrations.

Baking Cheesecake, Step by Step

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Careful baking is imperative for perfect cheesecakes: no cracking, no drying out.

Baking Ingredient Conversions

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Unless you have a kitchen scale, you may need volume-to-weight conversions. Check our handy chart to find commonly used ingredients.

Baking Questions: Bread and Yeast

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Browse our collection of frequently asked cooking questions for advice on working with yeast and baking bread.

Baking Quick Breads

BY: Jennifer Anderson

Blueberry muffins and zucchini bread in summer, pumpkin bread in the fall, banana bread any time--quick breads are popular year-round.

Baking with Fresh Pumpkin

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Big pumpkins, small pumpkins, white pumpkins, Cinderella pumpkins: find out what's best for baking.

Baking Yeast Breads

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Bread baking is both an art and a science.

Butter Cakes and Pound Cakes

BY: Jennifer Anderson

These classic cakes have a dense crumb, a tender, moist texture and a rich, buttery taste.

Can you Bake a Cherry Pie?

BY: Pam Anderson

Tips for baking a perfect cherry pie.

Chocolate 101

BY: Jennifer Anderson

From the foamy drink of the Aztecs to the rich confections of Europe, chocolate has long been celebrated as an indulgence fit for kings.

Cobblers and Crisps

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Easier to prepare and faster to bake than pies, crisps and cobblers are a perfect way to showcase seasonal fruits.

Common Ingredient Substitutions

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Use this chart to find substitutions for cooking and baking.

Cupcake Gallery

BY: Vanessa Greaves

Check out these creative cupcakes decorated by Allrecipes home cooks.

Cupcakes for Kids

BY: Vanessa Greaves

Get Allrecipes's tips for turning out these munchkin-sized treats and ideas for dressing them up to suit all occasions.

Decorating a Wedding Cake

BY: Frances Crouter

Baked and frosted cake layers are only the beginning: you need to stack the tiers and add the décor to build a beautiful wedding cake.

Decorating Cakes: Advanced

BY: Allrecipes Staff

If you like the smooth look of fondant or ganache, try these techniques for your next special-occasion cake.

Decorating Cakes: Advanced Decor

BY: Allrecipes Staff

Take your cakes to a new level with chocolate ruffles and curls, or flowers made of chocolate, marzipan, or buttercream.

Decorating Cakes: Finishing Touches

BY: Allrecipes Staff

From fresh flowers to sugar-frosted fruits, garnishes add a whole new dimension to your cakes. They can be used for added color, a contrasting texture, or to indicate the flavor of the cake or filling.


 
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