Category: Baking with Kids

What are the best pans for bundt cakes? What’s the difference between Bundt cake pans and fluted tube cake pans? We took 9 popular pans for bundt cakes and started baking. Which performed best overall? Best for Instant Pots? For mini bundt cakes? Here are the winners!

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What’s the best canned pumpkin? To find out, we did a blind taste test with 9 different brands of canned pumpkin. We made pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread and cookies and the judged the results. Here is the canned pumpkin options we think are best.

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What is the best bread pan for French baguettes? To find out, we whipped out a beret, flour and yeast to test 11 popular French bread pans. Which worked the best? Here are the ones we’d recommend!

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What’s the best sweet rice flour? A key ingredient in Japanese dishes like mochi and senbei, sweet rice flour is also used in Korean and Filipino confections. To find the best, we tried several brands of sweet rice flour, making batches of mochi. Then we did blind taste tests. Here are the ones we liked the best.

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What’s the best loaf pan? To find out, we started baking—rye bread, meat loaf, banana bread and more. We tried many of the most popular brands for loaf pans. Here are the ones we’d recommend.

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What’s the best vanilla powder? Looking for a vanilla boost for your coffee? Smoothie? Or do you want a substitute for vanilla extract for baking? Vanilla powder may be the answer—if you understand the different types. We tried six brands of vanilla powder in drinks and recipes for cakes. Which was best? Here are the ones we’d recommend.

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Want to try cake decorating—but don’t know where to start? Cake decorating kits are great for beginnings, with dozens of tools and supplies. We tried out 11 of the more popular sets and started baking. Which offered the best bang for the buck? Here are the ones we’d recommend.

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What is the best black cocoa? And what exactly is black cocoa anyway? To find out, we tried out several brands of black cocoa in cookies and frosting recipes. We also asked our parent readers for their favorites. Here are the ones we’d recommend.

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