Typical isn't it? You just get your hands into the dough or are painting the wall when the phone rings or the doorbell demands your atte...

To cut hot or warm cake use a thread or dental floss, hold both ends tightly and lower through slowly. Splitting a cake layer: Most layer c...

When cooking or baking it's easy to keep utensils clean and also close to hand. Just keep them beside you in a jug of hot water. You kno...

Need to rub fat into flour for pastry or scones etc? Pop the fat into the freezer for a wee while then coursely grate it into the flour. Muc...

If making Lasagne I find the dried sheets work better than the so called ' fresh' from the supermarket. Even though the instructions...

Measure your milk for the bechamel sauce the day before making. Add a quartered onion about a dessert spoon of black peppercorns, two torn b...

When making bread drizzle some oil on the work top before pulling the risen dough out of the bowl. Rub it onto the work top with both hands....