Every sourdough reel on my feed has a dramatic dutch oven reveal. The imported ones cost more than my entire OTG did. Before I spend that money - what does it actually DO for bread? Will a l...
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Ordering equipment for a truffle side-menu and realised I don't actually know... do truffles go in the oven at any point?? every "baking" course teaches them so I assumed, but the recipes ne...
Confession: my baking powder is... vintage 😅 smells fine, looks fine, cakes have been mid lately. Related question - how much does ingredient age actually affect results if nothing smells of...
Want to make candied orange for chocolate work and gift boxes. All I can get locally right now is regular fresh oranges and malta. Do these work or does candied orange need some special vari...
Bulk festival order incoming: 200 cupcakes from a recipe that makes 12. Do I literally multiply everything by 16.6 or is there proper production maths? something tells me 16x the baking powd...
Made croissant dough, got distracted (chai happened), came back to a visibly puffed, clearly fermenting dough ball that was supposed to go into lamination cold and calm. Can I still laminate...
Made the Hokkaido-style sandwich loaf with tangzhong and it's the softest thing that has ever come out of my oven. Now I want to put tangzhong in EVERYTHING. Can it go into pav? Other breads...
Getting my labels FSSAI-compliant and the best-before field has me stuck. Big brands have labs for this. I have a kitchen and a hopeful expression. I've been writing "consume within 5 days"...
Want to sell standard 500g loaves. Do I portion 500g of dough? Something tells me the oven steals some weight but I can't find a straight answer on how much extra to add.
My last few loaves have a distinct tang I didn't order. Friend says "that's just yeast, all yeast bread is a bit sour". Is that true?? because my earlier loaves never tasted like this