Baking Basics: Substitutes, Rising Agents & Fixing Cakes

Mastering baking basics involves understanding rising agents and finding the right substitutes for butter or milk. Learn how to fix a crumbly cake, avoid soggy pizza dough, and ensure your baked goods rise perfectly every time.

How to Add Pudding to a Packaged Cake Mix

Adding pudding makes a boxed cake mix extra moist, so each bite melts in your mouth. Try vanilla pudding with anything from a yellow cake mix to a spice cake. Even lemon pudding adds a refreshing citrus flavor to white and yellow cake mixes, while chocolate pudding goes well with any chocolate cake mix.

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How to Bake Frozen Unbaked Pies

Pies from scratch can take several hours to make, when you factor in the time it takes to prepare the dough, make the filling and assemble the dessert. Many home bakers find that it's worth it to make a second pie at the same time.

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