Sounds lovely! I still have fond memories of licking the bowl when my granny used to make Christmas cake (we called it black cake in Trinidad). Of course, it was more like three cups of rum in her recipe – and this, after soaking the fruits in rum for a month!
Fraussie
December 7th, 2011 at 1:49 am
Maybe I should add a little extra for good measure!
Bonny
April 24th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Some habits never die no matter how old you are. I made 8 dozen cupcakes recently for a family event and got to lick the bowl – and the beaters – twice. Of course I did wash everything between the 2 batches! By licking the bowl we mean using a soft spatula to scrape out the residue from around the bowl and not letting same residue go to waste. Beaters are done with fingers. It’s also a good way of telling (allbeit too late) whether you have left anything out of the recipe.
Fraussie
April 24th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Ah, now I’ll remember next time that by licking the bowl, I can tell if anything is left out of the recipe! Eight dozen cupcakes is a lot of cooking.
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Sounds lovely! I still have fond memories of licking the bowl when my granny used to make Christmas cake (we called it black cake in Trinidad). Of course, it was more like three cups of rum in her recipe – and this, after soaking the fruits in rum for a month!
Maybe I should add a little extra for good measure!
Some habits never die no matter how old you are. I made 8 dozen cupcakes recently for a family event and got to lick the bowl – and the beaters – twice. Of course I did wash everything between the 2 batches! By licking the bowl we mean using a soft spatula to scrape out the residue from around the bowl and not letting same residue go to waste. Beaters are done with fingers. It’s also a good way of telling (allbeit too late) whether you have left anything out of the recipe.
Ah, now I’ll remember next time that by licking the bowl, I can tell if anything is left out of the recipe! Eight dozen cupcakes is a lot of cooking.
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