Science of Baking: My recipe calls for cake flour; can I substitute it with all-purpose flour?

Science of Baking - cake flour

Welcome to this new section of Sugar for the Brain! Science of Baking (I like to call it the nerdy corner) will be all about the science behind what we bake. I love science! I think you do too because I’ve had a lot of positive answers when I proposed to do this section on Facebook (a long time … [Continue reading]

Angel Food Cake

Angel Food Cake

Hi everyone! I LOVE angel food cake. And I don’t know if I should be ashamed of the next statement or not, but I’ve never, ever, eaten a homemade angel food cake. Always the boxed one (Betty Crocker), which I find sooooo gooood. I could really eat all the cake, no joke. Making a … [Continue reading]

Strawberry and Chocolate Mini Donut (baked)

Strawberry and Chocolate Donut (baked)

  Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a great week so far! Here the weather has been so beautiful, sunny and hot, pretty much like an … [Continue reading]

April DB Challenge: Savarin

Savarin from Sugar for the Brain

Hello everyone! This month's Daring Baker's challenge was amazing! I had never heard about savarin before. Frankly, it's a long process (3 waiting … [Continue reading]

Earth Cookies for Earth Day

Earth Cookies

Happy Earth Day! What a great day to take the time to think about what we can do to reduce our ecological footprint on Earth! What do you usually … [Continue reading]

Natrel Lactose Free Campaign

Raspberry Truffle Chocolate Squares

Hello Everyone! I hope everything is fine! School is over (for the week at least because I took a summer course!) so I’ll be posting more often! … [Continue reading]

DB March 2013: Turtle Zucchini Brownies

Turtle Zucchini Brownies

Hey guys! Are you skeptical about adding vegetables to your desserts? I must admit for zucchini and avocado, I'm not.  And I'm the first to be … [Continue reading]

Cream Cheese Fruit Mousse {gluten free}

Cream Cheese Fruit Mousse

Hey everyone! I can’t even believe it’s already Wednesday! The time passes so quickly again! It’s great news though because my thesis is … [Continue reading]

Cookie and Cream Cheesecake Brownies

Cookie and Cream Cheesecake Brownies

Hello dearest readers! Hope you had a great week! I have another Cookie and Cream (Oreos) recipe for you. As I said a few times already, I'm not … [Continue reading]

Cookie and Cream Mint Trifle

Cookie and Cream Mint Trifle

Hello everyone!!! Hope you are happy and having a good time :D Here is a quick quick quick recipe that looks complicated (but is not) and is … [Continue reading]