What are you been cooking today

[achookwoman]

Whole grain crackers. SD grain bread, cut thin, dried in oven, 100, 2 hours. Inspired by Fig Jam and Lime Cordial Blog. Will use these instead of Ryevita crackers.

[achookwoman]

[Kimmyh]

Nice chookie.
Today sweet chilli pull apart loaf, pumpkin soup, another batch of jam, vanilla frosting and two batches of ILB choc cake for my next birthday creation (photos coming soon).  Very excited about how flat all 4 cakes turned out due to a trick I found online.  Will not need to trim them at all before I decorate. For those interested I cut a strip off an old towel the same height as my cake tin,  wet it, rung it out and pinned it around the outside of each cake tin.  Resulting in perfect flat cakes.

[judydawn]

Great tip Kimmy, that extra effort worked really well.

[Cornish Cream]

Excellent tip Kimmy

[CreamPuff63]

amazing little tip. there is so much information out there in cyberspace floating around...

[Katj]

Excellent tip, who comes up with these ideas!! Lol

[cookie1]

It is a great tip, but how does it work? Is there some magic involved.

[CreamPuff63]

Hazarding a guess: Normally the cake tin sides heats up the wet cake mix and would cook on the outside perimeter of the cake before the middle which in turn rises with the extra time because it's not cooked thru. By wetting the towel the outside of the tin is not heated up as quickly allowing the outside perimeter mix to cook at the same time as the middle and therefore it rises at exactly the same time...correct me if I'm wrong 

[fundj&e]

your guess sounds good to me CP 

great tip Kimm,going to try it next time i bake a cake

[Jamberie]

Thanks for sharing the tip Kimmy the cakes look great!

[achookwoman]

Kimmyh, that is a great tip.  Much easier to ice over a cooked surface. Thanks.

[Bedlam]

Thanks for sharing Kimmy, now I just have to remember it next time I cook a cake.

[mab19]

A great tip Kimmy, I will have to try this.

[obbie]

Great Idea, thanks