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When the cupcakes have just five minutes left to bake, pull them out of the oven, and stick a jumbo marshmallow — or a few mini marshmallows — on top. It helps if you slightly dampen the bottoms of the marshmallows, so they don't slide. Then pop the cupcakes back in.
If the recipes require you to bake the cake at 350°F, reduce the temperature to 325 and increase baking time by half (e.g., 45 minutes instead of 30). It will also help if you're super precise, so weigh the ingredients instead of measuring, and invest in an oven thermometer.
Instead of pitching the yolks the next time you make a meringue or tossing out the white when you make a custard, freeze them! You can freeze just the yolks, just the whites, or whole eggs!
Just spread the icing on a sheet of plastic wrap, and use both edges of the wrap to roll the frosting into a log. Twist it closed, tying one end and using scissors to cut off the tip of the other. Place the whole log into a piping bag.
Bonus: You can layer the frosting colors for fancy designs!
Staples like flour and sugar tend to be cheaper here. And don't let the word "bulk" deter you; you can buy exactly how much you need, which means you won't pay for anything you won't need.
Put the eggs in a bowl and cover them with slightly warm water for five to 10 minutes. Just make sure the water isn't too hot or the eggs will begin to cook. Aim to get the water the same temperature as water you'd take a bath in.
Fill a heat-safe glass with boiling water (or microwave a glass of water for about three minutes). Wait a moment for the glass to heat up and pour out the water. Invert the hot glass over your wrapped stick of butter and watch five minutes. When you unwrap the butter, it should be perfectly soft.