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Me, I love homemade pastry.

Nothing like a good cake, like the ones our grandmothers made in the good old days ...

The problem is that successful baking is not always easy.

Luckily, I found some unstoppable grandma's tips, which helps you to succeed with your pastries every time !

I found these baking tips in grandma's cookbooks and cookery magazines from the 1940s! Look :

1. When your butter is too hard and you need to turn it into a smooth paste with sugar, heat your sugar slightly in the microwave.

2. Darken the brown sugar with chocolate to make a more intense gingerbread. Add a teaspoon of melted chocolate for each cup of brown sugar.

3. To make whipped cream or whipped cream, add a few drops of squeezed lemon to your cream when it is too hard.

4. Butter the inside of your measuring glass to prevent the brown sugar from sticking to the sides.

5. For recipes that call for buttermilk, you can substitute it by mixing 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk with 1 cup of white vinegar. You will see, this mixture is the perfect substitute for real buttermilk in baked goods.

6. For a delicious alternative to whipped cream, use a slice of banana with an egg white. Whisk until the mixture becomes quite firm. Yes, the banana also turns into a frothy emulsion!

7. When you don't have enough eggs for a recipe, replace them with cornstarch such as cornstarch. For each missing egg, you need a tablespoon of cornstarch. To make a custard with the perfect texture, remove one or two eggs from the recipe and also replace them with cornstarch, adding 1/2 teaspoon for each egg.

8. To prevent the custard from turning too quickly, add 1 teaspoon of flour mixed with sugar.

9. To prevent your frosting from breaking into small pieces when you cut it, stir in a teaspoon of white vinegar with the flavor of your choice when you whip your frosting.

10. Add a tablespoon of jelly or jam to your cookie dough. You will see, the cookies will be even more delicious, and they will stay moist even longer.

11. Donuts absorb much less fat if you add a teaspoon of white vinegar to the frying oil.

12. For the cakes, put a container with the equivalent of a glass of water in your oven. This will allow the air to be more humid and prevent your cake from becoming too dry during baking.

13. For muffins, add a teaspoon of Nutella in each space of your muffin pan. Then, pour the muffin batter over it. You will see, the Nutella will give them a note of chocolate hazelnuts. Yum ! Discover the recipe for homemade Nutella here.

14. Be careful, when a recipe calls for a quantity of melted butter, take care to measure the butter after to have melted it and not before.

15. To soften the butter, get a porcelain bowl large enough to cover the butter, like this one. Fill the bowl with boiling water, and let stand, 1 to 2 minutes, until heated through. Then empty the bowl, turn it over and use it to coat the butter. In no time it will be softened to perfection.

16. When you separate the egg yolk from the white, the yolk can accidentally fall into the white. If this is the case, soak a paper towel with very cold water. Touch the yolk with and it will stick to the cloth.

17. Never mix egg whites in an aluminum bowl. Why ? Because it will tarnish the bowl you are using.

18. When you can't whip your cream, add an egg white and chill in the fridge for a few minutes. It will make you a nice, firm whipped cream.

19. To avoid lumps in your pasta, add a pinch of salt to the flour when it is still dry.

20. To sprinkle sugar on your donuts, here is the best method. Put them in a paper bag, add the sugar and shake. This method is also perfect for putting breadcrumbs on chicken and for adding salt to fries.

21. To have plump and soft raisins, soak them in hot water before putting them in your dough.

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