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Baking 101: the 10 basics everyone should know

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Caramel

Caramel is simply made out of cooked sugar. It’s used to make many different desserts like crème caramel or caramel sauce.

To make homemade caramel, pour some sugar into a saucepan, add a little bit of water and start to heat. Do not stir! Shake the pan a little bit forwards and backwards to make sure that the heat is evenly distributed, and pay attention to the color. Take the caramel off the heat when you’ve achieved the color that you want.

To finish, add a little knob of butter or a drizzle of heavy cream for an extra rich flavor.


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Ingredients

  • 2 large water or soda bottles (empty)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Ready 2 large plastic bottles, cleaned and dried.
  3. Add 1 cup of flour to each bottle.
  4. Add 1/2 cup of sugar to each.
  5. Melt butter, then add equal halves to each bottle.
  6. Add 6 eggs, 3 in each.
  7. Add 1/2 tbsp of baking powder to each.
  8. Add 1/2 cup of heavy cream to each.
  9. Shake the bottles thoroughly until the contents are well mixed.
  10. In one of the bottles only, add the cocoa powder.
  11. Beginning with the cocoa powder mixture, add a dolop of batter to the center of a circular
  12. baking tin. Do the same with the other mixture, placing the dolop directly in the center of the previous one.
  13. Continue with alternating additions of each mixture until all batter is used and the tin is full.
  14. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
  15. Serve and enjoy!