How To Bake

How to Make cakes, cookies, and desserts even better! (with a recipe for strawberry pineapple frosting)
Dennis WeaverMar 26, 2026
Add a little meringue powder. It's like magic! We rarely make cupcakes, whipped cream, or frost cookies without using meringue powder. It's a kitchen staple. Your cupcakes are beautiful. But in a warm room, the frosting starts to droop. Most whipped frostings, including buttercream, need to be stabilized to make them more durable. Depending on how stiff you want your whipped cream, 2 tablespoons of meringue powder for two cups of heavy cream usually does the trick. For additional stabilizer, add cream cheese, cocoa, or more meringue powder.
FREE! Baking Bible (Under Construction)
Dennis WeaverMar 23, 2026
How to Bake: The Art and Science of Baking! This is The Baking Bible! It's 454...
The Magic of Lemon
Dennis WeaverMar 19, 2026
A good lemon flavor is hard to find, but once you find it, there's so...
How to Make Easy Oven Fries
Dennis WeaverMar 17, 2026
Easy Oven Fries Ingredients: 2-3 large baking potatoes 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp salt...
How to Make Sweet Potato Fries
Dennis WeaverMar 17, 2026
These are all-purpose fries. Make them for lunch or with burgers. They go equally with a late-nigght supper. They are so quick and easy to make. You can make them thin, like these, or thick, like steak fries. And they have a secret ingredient to make them extra crispy!
Ham Gravy doesn't work! Here are six alternatives.
Dennis WeaverMar 17, 2026
Ham gravy doesn't work. It's greasy and salty and just doesn't taste good! So what's...