American Baker in Germany

This is one of my most viewed blog posts, even though it didn't contain a complete recipe. So, I decided to make a new post with video about it. Chocolate Chip Cake:1/3 cup (80g) butter 2/3 cup (150mL) vegetable oil 2 cups (400g) sugar 1 tbsp vanilla extract ½ tsp salt 1 tbsp baking powder 2 ¾ cups (345g) flour 1 cup (225mL) milk 6 egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks 2 cups of chocolate chips or 300g dark chocolate bars chopped into chunks. First, cream the butter until fluffy. Add sugar and oil and mix until creamy and combined. Add vanilla. Add salt and baking powder. Alternate flour and milk, mixing between each addition until just combined. Fold in egg whites. Fold in chocolate chips or chocolate chunks. Bake in greased and lined baking form for 30-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.  This recipe is light and fluffy and gorgeous. It's one of my favorites. Watch me make it on YouTube here: https:...

We are continuing our series of how to dress up a sheet cake. I used some navy blue buttercream left over from another project.  But, as usual, I began with a frosted sheet cake.  Then, using only round piping tips, I put white, yellow and pink buttercream in piping tubes and fitted each of them with different sized piping tips. White was around size 8, yellow around a 4 or 5 and pink about a 12. I don't know exact sizes because my tips aren't labeled. Not pictured, I also filled a piping bag with navy blue buttercream with a size 2 piping tip.  I began with a squashed pearl border along the bottom of the cake with white buttercream.  Then, I piped little blobs around the top of the cake.  I touched the top of each blob with just a tap to keep the blobs from being peaks, and become more pearl-looking.  Then, I got out a script press tool with the word Congratulations on it.  I gently pressed it into the buttercream.  Then...

My sister-in-law gave me an unexpected, but very welcome gift for my last birthday. She gave me an adjustable baking form. I love it so much that I wanted to share with others how to use it if they ever got one. It's called a multisize baking form, made in England. First of all, it comes in pieces. There are a total of nine pieces. One base and eight side pieces of the same length. The base of mine suffered a little in transit, but that little dent on the left hand side doesn't stop it from working.  There are four different kinds of long pieces. And the best part is they're labeled. Here are S1 and S2. These are the side pieces. Notice the different between them. One is pointing up and the other is pointing down.  There are also D1 and D2 pieces. They each have a hook at the top, but one has slots facing up and the other facing down. These are the divider pieces.  First, set up the side pieces interlocking like this. The two S1's are opposite each other a...