Treats Without Wheat | How to bake a perfect cake https://treatswithoutwheat.com Gluten-free recipes and more! Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://treatswithoutwheat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-favicon-2-32x32.png Treats Without Wheat | How to bake a perfect cake https://treatswithoutwheat.com 32 32 How to bake a perfect cake https://treatswithoutwheat.com/how-to-bake-a-perfect-cake/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 02:04:29 +0000 https://treatswithoutwheat.com/wp4/?p=2307

There are two key steps to preparing the perfect cake.

Make sure to line, butter and flour your pans

How do you do this?
Prepare your cake pans by buttering the pan, then lining the bottom with parchment (make sure the parchment is cut to fit the shape of the bottom of the pan), then butter the parchment. Add flour to the pan and shake it around, tilting it in every direction until the interior surface is lightly and completely covered. If prepping two pans, turn over the pan and firmly knock out any excess flour into the second pan and repeat. When finished turn over the pan and firmly knock out any excess flour powder into a bowl.

For a White cake use Sweet Rice Flour.
For a Chocolate cake use Cocoa.

Cold wrap them.

When baking a cake in an unwrapped pan the edges of the cake cook faster, so they don’t rise evenly with the centre giving it a domed look. If you wrap it the outside of the cake stays cooler longer and will rise evenly giving you a perfect flat top.

How do you do this?
Wet a tea towel thoroughly and ring it out, pin it around the pan using some large safety pins, or you can use Wilton’s bake-even strips, both will give you the same result.

]]> GoGo Quinoa Pasta https://treatswithoutwheat.com/gogo-quinoa-pasta/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 06:55:49 +0000 http://treatswithoutwheat.com/wp2/?p=2061

The best gluten-free pasta I’ve tried to date, even after reheating it holds up, everything about it is just like regular pasta, my whole family eats it and they’re not gluten-free.

Though I’m not a fan of the penne, (it’s made with amaranth instead of quinoa) the fusili, spaghetti and macaroni are great.

This pasta is a much healthier alternative to rice pasta, it’s from a Canadian company that practices fair-trade. I buy it in bulk online as it’s cheaper than stores.

Find out more at gogoquinoa.com

]]> Porsche Type 301 Chroma Cnives https://treatswithoutwheat.com/porsche-type-301-chroma-cnives/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 05:03:21 +0000 http://treatswithoutwheat.com/wp2/?p=2042

These Knives are designed by F.A. Posrche the well known German designer responsible for the Porsche 911 sportscar, which is what drew me to them in the first place. They’re made with high quality Japanese steel. I’ve had them for 3 years and though I’ve never sharpened them they’re still surprisingly sharp. Comfortable and balanced in your hand I find that I can really do precision cutting with them and work with some speed (for an amateur)  My only complaint about them is the blade nicks easily but that’s more about proper storing and care than a default with the knife I’m also not skilled at sharpening knives and will have to be on the lookout for someone who can sharpen them properly. I love these knives, they’re a fantastic tool and really  very well priced for what they are. I always automatically go for the 8″ chefs knife no matter what I’m preparing, it’s my absolute favourite of the lot.

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