If you’ve done your fair share of baking, you may already know that there are many types of frosting. However, that doesn’t mean you know all of them or what sets each one apart. Many baking recipes ...

Cream of tartar is called for in many baking recipes. But what do you know about it? A byproduct of wine and grape-juice processing, cream of tartar is a white powder, not a liquid. It’s an acidic ...

Preheat the oven to 325°F. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and cream of tartar. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites until stiff but ...

Nicole Hopper is a recipe tester and developer based in Birmingham, Alabama. If you ever wondered what the secret is to perfectly frosted cut-out sugar cookies, we’ll fill you in: royal icing. This ...

One of the most common uses for cream of tartar is stabilizing egg whites in towering meringues, but meringues are rarely an everyday affair. This can result in unused cream of tartar just hanging out ...

A pantry's worth of Dixieland ingredients come together in the Lane cake. (Todd Coleman, SAVEUR) The recipe for this indulgent layered cake with a bourbon, butter, and raisin filling and billowy ...

Chickpea liquid (“aqua faba” if you’re fancy) is a great, vegan egg-replacement in confections like meringues, frosting and angel food cake. If you want your egg-less wonder foam to have real staying ...

If you’ve ever baked snickerdoodles or made meringue, you’ve probably encountered cream of tartar in the ingredient list. It sits in spice racks across America, often in a small container that lasts ...