Saturday 14 May 2011

Creaming butter and sugar

Do you hate reading in recipes "cream butter and sugar"?  I keep my butter in the freezer, and often if you decide to make something at the last minute (this happens to me all the time) then the frozen butter just aint going to cream.

Well I have it on good authority that its okay to soften the butter in the microwave first! And by good authority I mean a long standing, award winning old-school baker. So next time you need to cut a corner, I highly recommend this one.

The only warning is, if it involves eggs, and you are adding them to the melted butter, make sure the butter has cooled or it is beating really fast to avoid getting cooked egg lumps.

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