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How to incorporate 10 unique ingredients into your batter

We want to share some home baking tips on how to incorporate 10 unique and fun ingredients into your batter to make your baked products even more delicious and irresistible ^_^ 1. Dried Fruits If you want to make fruit cake or fruit bread, you would require dried fruits. Before preparation and mixing, makeContinueContinue reading “How to incorporate 10 unique ingredients into your batter”

History of Chocolate

As we mentioned last week, this month’s Flavor of the month is Chocolate. We’ve decided to give a brief history of the flavor, to better understand how rich its history is and how much it was a much utilized flavor. The use of cocoa beans is traced back in parts of early South America toContinueContinue reading “History of Chocolate”

Cake Mixing tools – Baking Equipment in Kenya Explained

Here at Amari we’ve decided to start a segment called “Tips on Tuesday”. At least twice a month on Tuesdays, we’ll offer baking tips that will help you be a better home-baker in your kitchen ^_^ For this Tuesday, we’re posting a third post on our series of Baking Equipment Explained. If you haven’t alreadyContinueContinue reading “Cake Mixing tools – Baking Equipment in Kenya Explained”

Happy Valentine’s Day to all!

From all of us here, we hope you enjoy your Valentine’s Day ^_^

A bit of Valentine’s Day History

Valentine’s Day is a day away and we’re sure that everyone has made plans with or for their loved ones ^_^. We decided to share a bit of history of this very popular day. It is a day that celebrates love and affection. It’s a day named after St. Valentine’s – so some people doContinueContinue reading “A bit of Valentine’s Day History”

Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes recipe

We are going to share a recipe for our current flavor of the month Red Velvet. Our recipe for this week is Red Velvet Mini-cupcakes with butter cream frosting. Ingredients: 11/2c All-Purpose Flour 11/2t Baking Powder 1T Cocoa Powder 1/2c Sugar 1/2c Margarine 1 Large Egg (beaten) 1t Vanilla Essence 1t White Vinegar 1/2c ButtermilkContinueContinue reading “Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes recipe”

Red – Color of the Season

This month, the most prominent color is red. This is obviously due to the fact that it’s Valentine’s season. We’re seeing a lot of ladies wearing red outfits, rocking red nail polish and of course red shoes – very exciting ^_^!We’ve decided to find out some meanings and uses of this very popular color andContinueContinue reading “Red – Color of the Season”

Origins of Red Velvet Flavor

We did some research on Red Velvet to see if we could find the origins ^_^ Unfortunately there is no exact proven origin, however there are two main stories that tell of the beginning of this wonderful flavor. The first is of a lady who went to The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York CityContinueContinue reading “Origins of Red Velvet Flavor”

6 Types of Icing used for Cake decoration in Kenya

Here at Amari, we have noticed some people are making inquiries on types of icings and may not be sure of the differences. We have decided to explain some of the icings that are generally used in Kenya for cakes for a better understanding of them. Of course there are many different types out there,ContinueContinue reading “6 Types of Icing used for Cake decoration in Kenya”

Baking Equipment in Kenya-Cake Decorating

This is the second post on our series of Baking Equipment Explained. If you haven’t read our previous post, you can read it here – Baking pans. This time our focus is on equipment used for cake decoration. This post is helpful for those who would like to bake cakes at home and decorate themContinueContinue reading “Baking Equipment in Kenya-Cake Decorating”