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Tips Candles - Use lifesavers as a decorative accent to hold candles in place on a cake and catch any wax drops. Cooling- Lay a wet towel on top of the cooling racks to loosen the cake. Decorating - Use a paper doily on top of the cake and sprinkle powdered sugar over it for a quick decorative topping. Cocoa - Flavor homemade chocolate cakes with cocoa instead of baker's chocolate to save money. Frosting - Use a comb to make a decorative swirl design.  For chocolate cakes, use two layers of frosting, mint and chocolate.  For a quick frosting, place chocolate chips on top or warm cake, and when melted, spread. Gourmet - To make a gourmet cake, make a layer cake, and then cut both the bottom and top layer in half horizontally and frost between layers. Greasing and Dusting Pan - Use leftover paper from empty margarine cubes to grease the pans, and if the cake is dark, and if you are using a mix, use some of it instead of flour to dust the pans. Ingredients - Substitute or add extra ingredients for more flavor.  Add 1/4 cup applesauce in place of one egg. Mixes - Boxed mixes can be made more flavorful by substituting some of the ingredients, or adding new ingredients.  Use a flavored water or club soda in place of the water to change the taste of the cake. Testing - If you don't have a toothpick to stick in your cake to see if it is done, use a piece of spaghetti.

 

 

 

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