Baking Tips 1 - Gather all of your ingredients before getting started. It's never any fun if you are half way through making something only to discover that you are missing the most important ingredient.

Baking Tips 2 - Follow the recipe exactly….especially if you are in a time crunch for getting something baked. There is a time and a place for experimenting with recipes to create something new, and it's not the night before a bake sale or when company is coming.

Baking Tips 3 - If you recipe calls for eggs, never crack them open into a bowl filled with other ingredients'. If you do and your egg is bad, then you will have to toss out everything. Always open the egg into a small container first, and then dump it in with everything else. This also gives you a chance to check for pieces of shell.

Baking Tips 4 - Baked goods are treats; make sure you use the best ingredients possible so that you can enjoy them to their fullest. In addition make sure that they are fresh and are stored properly from the time you get them to the time you use them.

Baking Tips 5 - To judge whether your cake or cupcakes are done, use the toothpick test. Gently stick a toothpick into the center of the cake or cupcake while it is still in the oven. If the toothpick comes out with batter stuck to it, the cake needs to be cooked longer, If it comes out clean, with no batter, then it is done.

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Baking Tips 6 - Don't just rely on the time stated in the recipe to know when something is done, especially since oven temperatures can vary. When the timer goes off take a look inside the oven to see if things are the right color and texture.

Baking Tips 7 - Before frosting a cake it should be well cooled down. Invest in a good cooling rack to do this on. If you don't chill the cake, when you try to spread the icing you will pull apart the cake as you try to spread.

Baking Tips 8 - Get your kids involved! They love to eat the sweets, have them help make them as well. It's a great way to spend time with and get to know your kids, and to secretly teach them fractions!

Baking Tips 9 - Invest in good pans! Glass pie pans tend to work best for pies, and metal pans for cakes and cookies. Another good idea is silicone liners and cupcake cups. These help to keep cookies, cupcakes and muffins from sticking. And with the cupcake ones, unlike their paper counterparts, they can be reused instead of thrown away.

Baking Tips 10 - When spreading icing, first dip your spatula into very hot water. Use a paper towel to dry it, and then scoop up some icing. The water makes the spatula hot and it will slightly melt the icing so it spreads easier.

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