I made a chocolate chip cake once that Jan gave me the recipe for, and it was wonderful, but the chocolate chips sank to the bottom. Lora
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] sifting > I wondered why recipes called to sift fruits or nuts with flour, I wasn't > aware of the role flour played for these items for the batter. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "leverenz" <[email protected]> > To: "c n d" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7:21 PM > Subject: [CnD] sifting > > > >I find myself more not sifting unless I know the recipe is to be very > >delicate. However Giada De Laurentiis (food network TV) had an interesting > >hint so take it or leave it... > > She was making a cranberry cake. After chopping the dried cranberries, > > she put them into a fine sieve and then put the flour over them and shook > > the sieve over the bowl to allow the flour to shake into the bowl. By > > doing this, she not only sifted the flour but also coated the dry fruit as > > to keep them from sinking and keep them suspended in the batter... > > I thought this a good idea. > > It has always caused me to laugh when I see on a bag of flour words > > "sifted"... How can this be since even if they sift the darn stuff it is > > compacted in packaging and shipping. > > So like I said take this info or leave it because folks seem to eat the > > baked goods whether they are sifted or not.*smile* > > Dee > > > > love lightens all difficulties and sweetens all bitterness. --- St. > > Francis --- > > > > Scanned by the Barracuda Spam Firewall at CPWS Broadband > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
