A simple chocolate buttercream icing, made from butter, sugar, vanilla and cocoa. Basic Chocolate Buttercream Frosting A very basic and ...

To achieve more level layers when making a layered cake, divide your cake batter among the pans using a measurement cup to split the batter...

When a recipe calls for sifted flour, just what exactly does that mean? Well, it depends on how it is worded. And, if you're using an o...

Pecan shortbread cookies made with butter, sugar, flour, vanilla and pecans, and dusted with powdered sugar. Pecan Shortbread Cookies ...

Method to Quick Soften Butter or How to Soften Butter Fast! Want to bake something that requires room temperature softened butter, but your...

A creamy, rich and decadent grown up hot chocolate beverage. Cioccolato Caldo - Italian Hot Chocolate Brrrr... it's cold and ...

Basic Ground Beef American Goulash - a quick and easy ground beef, macaroni and tomato skillet meal. Stir in 1/2 cup of cubed Velveeta for...

Old-fashioned holiday divinity, made the old school way. Old-Fashioned Holiday Divinity Not many people make divinity in the "ol...

  Eggs, hard boiled perfectly, with pure yellow yolks and not a trace of green on the edges. Perfect Boiled Eggs Perfect boiled eggs ...

Thought it might be an idea to build a dictionary of some of our cooking terms as I go. I'm also including a listing of recipe ingredien...