Overworking Your Dough

This happens quite often, especially with rolled cookies where you have to roll out the dough a few times. To avoid overworking your dough, you should roll it as little, and as gently as you can.

Measuring Your Flour Incorrectly

Proper measuring is the most important part of successful baking. Using too much flour is going to make your cookies dry and tough and you certainly don’t want that.  To avoid this, use a digital scale instead of measuring cups.

Using a Dark Baking Pan

Most people don’t know this, but the color of your baking pan is also important for successful baking. Dark baking pans absorb more heat, which can easily make your cookies burn. To avoid this, use a lighter baking pan next time.

Your Butter is Too Cold or Soft

Butter plays an important role in making a great cookie dough. Be careful not to use butter straight from the fridge, but it shouldn’t be too soft either. It’s best to let it sit out for 15 minutes before creaming.

The post Common Mistakes You Should Avoid When Baking Cookies appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Dips

For dips like 7 layer dip where you really want to see the layer, a glass pie dish is a perfect vessel! Not only is wide so people can dip chips easily into it, but you want everyone to be able to see those beautiful delicious layers!

Quiche

Quiche is such a yummy treat to have, especially for events like brunch or luncheons. Quiche couldn’t be easier to make, especially if you have a pie plate! All you have to do is put down a store bought crust, fill it with a mixture of eggs, veggies, and cheese, and then bake it to perfection.

Salads

If you’ve ever experienced eating a big salad for dinner but never been able to find the right vessel for it, make way for the pie plate! Not only is it wide, but it has a little height to it as well, perfect for your giant salad needs.

The post Pie Plates are Essential Whether You’re a Baker or Not! appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Rolling Pin

Although it might seem like everyone has a rolling pin, it’s not necessarily true if you’re not working with dough or baked goods often. If you’re in need of something to replace it, just use a wine bottle! The size it just the same and it’ll work fine. Or, if you don’t have a wine bottle, use a tall glass jar.

Cupcake Tin

Especially if you don’t make muffins or cupcakes often, there’s no reason to have a tin laying around. Instead, all you need to do is grab some mason jar lids and cupcake liners and you can make your own tin! Just put the lids down on a baking tray and put the liners inside them. The lids will help hold them up so you can make all the cupcakes you want.

Piping Bag

A lot of people don’t have real piping bags laying around, but all you really need is a glass and a large resealable bag! Just put the bag into the glass with the corner down, fill it with icing, batter, or whatever you have, snip off the corner, and you’re set!

The post If You Don’t Have the Proper Baking Tools Use These Substitutions appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

A lot of people are frightened by the idea of making a cake from scratch.  But, for this cake, all you need is an electric mixer or a whisk and one bowl and you’re ready to get baking.

Ingredients

For this cake, you will need 3 cups of cake flour, 1 3/4 cups of sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 3/4 teaspoon of salt for the dry ingredients. You can make your own cake flour at home with cornstarch and all-purpose flour if you don’t have any on hand! For the wet ingredients, you need 4 eggs, 3/4 cup of melted unsalted butter, 1 cup of any type of milk, and 1 tablespoon plus a bit more of vanilla extract of vanilla essence if you want it to taste more like a cake box mix.

Recipe

1. Start by preheating the oven to 350 F and putting parchment paper at the bottom of your cake tins and greasing them.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together well so they’re combined and then add all the wet ingredients at once and mix for 1 minute. If you’re using a hand whisk, mix for 3.
3. Divide the batter into the tins or pour it all into one big one, bake for 25-30 minutes, and you’re done!

The post You Won’t Believe How Easy This One Bowl Vanilla Cake Is, But It’s the Truth! appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Today, we wanted to talk about one makeup habit many girls picked up but that might actually work against them.

According to Sir John, Beyonce’s favorite makeup artist, baking your face will do nothing good for you.

Baking is a technique in which you apply pressed or loose powder under your eyes, over concealer. It’s popular around Instagram so girls have been copying it for their everyday look.

In reality, baking will easily add 10-15 years to your face because it emphasizes fine lines that you probably don’t want the world to see.

If you absolutely must set your concealer to prevent it from disappearing throughout the day, choose lightweight loose powder and be gentle when applying it. Pressed powder is rarely good outside of Instagram and professional lighting.

The post Ditch This Makeup Habit If You Want to Look Younger appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Ingredients

The four ingredients for this recipe are 1 can of condensed milk, it should be 14 oz, 4 eggs, 3.5 tablespoons of butter that has been melted, and 1 cup of self-raising flour. If you don’t have self-raising flour, you can make it at home by using 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoon of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt.

Recipe:

1. Start by preheating your oven to 350 F and greasing a cake tin.
2. Put all the ingredients into a bowl and use an electric mixer or a standmixer to combine everything until the ingredients are mixed and smooth.
3. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
4. Take the cake out and allow it to cool inside the pan for a few minutes before removing it.
5. Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar and enjoy!

The post This Four Ingredient Cake will Satisfy your Sweet Tooth And Then Some appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Mix up some pastel frosting and pipe onto chocolate or vanilla cupcakes for an eye-catching treat that doubles as a table decoration.

Mini Dessert Replicas

Fry up some mini pancakes or waffles to use as stackers on top of any cupcake. Make a maple syrup flavored cake base and drizzle the entire cupcake with syrup or cinnamon sugar! You can apply this idea to any other dessert, like sugar cookies! Just bake mini sugar cookies, stack them on top of the cupcake with a toothpick, and sprinkle colored sugar on the frosting!

Ice Cream Cone-cakes

Stuff a cupcake holder tin with aluminum foil, then insert ice cream cones in the tight foil holders to keep them upright. Fill the cones with cake batter, bake, and decorate with a large star tip to make ice cream cone cupcakes! Whimsical and a great dessert that won’t melt if brought to a neighborhood barbecue.

Sleeping Unicorns

This is the most popular cupcake decoration trend this year! Frost any cupcake with vanilla icing, then draw sleeping eyes/eyelashes, and decorate with a horn topper and ears made from fondant or purchased already made! This is a great design for a kids birthday party.

The post I Can’t Believe It’s Cake! 4 Cupcake Decoration Trends to Try appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Overworking Your Dough

This happens quite often, especially with rolled cookies where you have to roll out the dough a few times. To avoid overworking your dough, you should roll it as little, and as gently as you can.

Measuring Your Flour Incorrectly

Proper measuring is the most important part of successful baking. Using too much flour is going to make your cookies dry and tough and you certainly don’t want that.  To avoid this, use a digital scale instead of measuring cups.

Using a Dark Baking Pan

Most people don’t know this, but the color of your baking pan is also important for successful baking. Dark baking pans absorb more heat, which can easily make your cookies burn. To avoid this, use a lighter baking pan next time.

Your Butter is Too Cold or Soft

Butter plays an important role in making a great cookie dough. Be careful not to use butter straight from the fridge, but it shouldn’t be too soft either. It’s best to let it sit out for 15 minutes before creaming.

The post Common Mistakes You Should Avoid When Baking Cookies appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Dips

For dips like 7 layer dip where you really want to see the layer, a glass pie dish is a perfect vessel! Not only is wide so people can dip chips easily into it, but you want everyone to be able to see those beautiful delicious layers!

Quiche

Quiche is such a yummy treat to have, especially for events like brunch or luncheons. Quiche couldn’t be easier to make, especially if you have a pie plate! All you have to do is put down a store bought crust, fill it with a mixture of eggs, veggies, and cheese, and then bake it to perfection.

Salads

If you’ve ever experienced eating a big salad for dinner but never been able to find the right vessel for it, make way for the pie plate! Not only is it wide, but it has a little height to it as well, perfect for your giant salad needs.

The post Pie Plates are Essential Whether You’re a Baker or Not! appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Rolling Pin

Although it might seem like everyone has a rolling pin, it’s not necessarily true if you’re not working with dough or baked goods often. If you’re in need of something to replace it, just use a wine bottle! The size it just the same and it’ll work fine. Or, if you don’t have a wine bottle, use a tall glass jar.

Cupcake Tin

Especially if you don’t make muffins or cupcakes often, there’s no reason to have a tin laying around. Instead, all you need to do is grab some mason jar lids and cupcake liners and you can make your own tin! Just put the lids down on a baking tray and put the liners inside them. The lids will help hold them up so you can make all the cupcakes you want.

Piping Bag

A lot of people don’t have real piping bags laying around, but all you really need is a glass and a large resealable bag! Just put the bag into the glass with the corner down, fill it with icing, batter, or whatever you have, snip off the corner, and you’re set!

The post If You Don’t Have the Proper Baking Tools Use These Substitutions appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

A lot of people are frightened by the idea of making a cake from scratch.  But, for this cake, all you need is an electric mixer or a whisk and one bowl and you’re ready to get baking.

Ingredients

For this cake, you will need 3 cups of cake flour, 1 3/4 cups of sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 3/4 teaspoon of salt for the dry ingredients. You can make your own cake flour at home with cornstarch and all-purpose flour if you don’t have any on hand! For the wet ingredients, you need 4 eggs, 3/4 cup of melted unsalted butter, 1 cup of any type of milk, and 1 tablespoon plus a bit more of vanilla extract of vanilla essence if you want it to taste more like a cake box mix.

Recipe

1. Start by preheating the oven to 350 F and putting parchment paper at the bottom of your cake tins and greasing them.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together well so they’re combined and then add all the wet ingredients at once and mix for 1 minute. If you’re using a hand whisk, mix for 3.
3. Divide the batter into the tins or pour it all into one big one, bake for 25-30 minutes, and you’re done!

The post You Won’t Believe How Easy This One Bowl Vanilla Cake Is, But It’s the Truth! appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Today, we wanted to talk about one makeup habit many girls picked up but that might actually work against them.

According to Sir John, Beyonce’s favorite makeup artist, baking your face will do nothing good for you.

Baking is a technique in which you apply pressed or loose powder under your eyes, over concealer. It’s popular around Instagram so girls have been copying it for their everyday look.

In reality, baking will easily add 10-15 years to your face because it emphasizes fine lines that you probably don’t want the world to see.

If you absolutely must set your concealer to prevent it from disappearing throughout the day, choose lightweight loose powder and be gentle when applying it. Pressed powder is rarely good outside of Instagram and professional lighting.

The post Ditch This Makeup Habit If You Want to Look Younger appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Ingredients

The four ingredients for this recipe are 1 can of condensed milk, it should be 14 oz, 4 eggs, 3.5 tablespoons of butter that has been melted, and 1 cup of self-raising flour. If you don’t have self-raising flour, you can make it at home by using 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoon of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt.

Recipe:

1. Start by preheating your oven to 350 F and greasing a cake tin.
2. Put all the ingredients into a bowl and use an electric mixer or a standmixer to combine everything until the ingredients are mixed and smooth.
3. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
4. Take the cake out and allow it to cool inside the pan for a few minutes before removing it.
5. Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar and enjoy!

The post This Four Ingredient Cake will Satisfy your Sweet Tooth And Then Some appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.

Mix up some pastel frosting and pipe onto chocolate or vanilla cupcakes for an eye-catching treat that doubles as a table decoration.

Mini Dessert Replicas

Fry up some mini pancakes or waffles to use as stackers on top of any cupcake. Make a maple syrup flavored cake base and drizzle the entire cupcake with syrup or cinnamon sugar! You can apply this idea to any other dessert, like sugar cookies! Just bake mini sugar cookies, stack them on top of the cupcake with a toothpick, and sprinkle colored sugar on the frosting!

Ice Cream Cone-cakes

Stuff a cupcake holder tin with aluminum foil, then insert ice cream cones in the tight foil holders to keep them upright. Fill the cones with cake batter, bake, and decorate with a large star tip to make ice cream cone cupcakes! Whimsical and a great dessert that won’t melt if brought to a neighborhood barbecue.

Sleeping Unicorns

This is the most popular cupcake decoration trend this year! Frost any cupcake with vanilla icing, then draw sleeping eyes/eyelashes, and decorate with a horn topper and ears made from fondant or purchased already made! This is a great design for a kids birthday party.

The post I Can’t Believe It’s Cake! 4 Cupcake Decoration Trends to Try appeared first on Beautiful Trends Today.