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 Convert Ground Almond to Whole Almonds for Baking

Published Aug,17 2011 | By Ellen Douglas

You're not going nuts if you've noticed that buying whole almonds and processing them yourself is cheaper than springing for ground almonds. The problem is knowing how much to purchase. Once they are processed into finer-sized pieces, almonds have more volume than they did in their whole form.