Ginger Cake Recipe

The recipe we’re going to share today is Ginger Cake.It’s a very delicious spicy cake that can be enjoyed with or without any frosting.If you would like to, however, feel free to frost it ^_^Ingredients:2 c      All-Purpose Flour2t        Baking Powder2t        Ground Ginger 1t        Ground Nutmeg2t        Ground Cinnamon1c      ContinueContinue reading “Ginger Cake Recipe”

3 Simple Tips on Decorating your Cakes and Cupcakes for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and we know that if you like baking like we do, you have a delicious home-baking project lined up ^_^! So when you bake those cakes or cupcakes and frost them, here are some tips to help you with the garnishing and decorating. 1. Add color to your frosting:ContinueContinue reading “3 Simple Tips on Decorating your Cakes and Cupcakes for Valentine’s Day”

BAKING WITH A CHARCOAL OVEN IN KENYA: How to Use your new Charcoal Oven.

This month we’re going to start a new series that’s aimed at helping out anyone who has bought a charcoal oven or already has one and uses it for baking. Sometimes it can be a bit tricky to bake with one,but with a few helpful tips, it’s very easy. Today we’re going to start fromContinueContinue reading “BAKING WITH A CHARCOAL OVEN IN KENYA: How to Use your new Charcoal Oven.”

5 Tips to Help a beginner Bread baker

If you’re not very seasoned in the bread-making process. Here are a few tips that will help you if you’re just a beginner bread maker.   1. Be Well Prepared Make sure you read your recipe twice before starting the baking process so as to understand the instructions well and to make sure you haveContinueContinue reading “5 Tips to Help a beginner Bread baker”

Fried Yeast Donuts Recipe

Here’s an easy Donut recipe made with yeast. Fried yeast donuts Hope you love it! Fried Yeast Donuts Ingredients: Wheat Flour        – 6 cups Instant Dry Yeast – 1 Tablespoon Margarine     or Butter      – 1/2 cup Sugar                  – 1 cup Salt              ContinueContinue reading “Fried Yeast Donuts Recipe”

4 Benefits of Vanilla

Our flavor of the month is Vanilla, we decided to see if Vanilla has any health benefits at all. Here are a few interesting things we found out.Vanilla 1.    Vanilla has antioxidants Vanilla contains antioxidants, which are natural substances that prevent or delay some types of cell damage in your body. It also contains chemicals calledContinueContinue reading “4 Benefits of Vanilla”

5 Important things to know about yeast

We’ve decided to start sharing bread product tips and recipes. Hope this is helpful to you in your bread making projects. Bread (Courtesy: trialx.org) Yeast is the raising agent used in the bread making process. Here are some interesting things to know about yeast while planning your next bread making project. 1.    Yeast is AliveContinueContinue reading “5 Important things to know about yeast”

3 Different kinds of yeasts and how to use them

When baking bread products, you have a choice of three kinds of yeasts to use. Different bakers have their own preferences and no one choice is better than the other. White Bread (Courtesy: timetocleanse.com) Bakers can also use what is easily available, for example, in Nairobi; Active Dry yeast & Instant yeast are more easilyContinueContinue reading “3 Different kinds of yeasts and how to use them”

4 Uses for the Vanilla Bean

Vanilla Orchid This month’s flavor is Vanilla, so we thought we should share a few tips on the vanilla bean and how to use it. Vanilla beans are the fruits of an orchid flower and are very rare and expensive. However, vanilla bean is a very potent and rich flavor, especially when used in cookingContinueContinue reading “4 Uses for the Vanilla Bean”

We’re now offering Baking Classes in Riruta, Nairobi

We’ve been quiet for a while, but that’s because we’ve been busy setting up and getting ready to start our baking classes. If you would like to learn how to bake with a Cookswell Charcoal Oven; for home-baking purposes or to start a small business then we can help ^_^! We’re glad to say thatContinueContinue reading “We’re now offering Baking Classes in Riruta, Nairobi”