do you REALLY have to mix wet and dry ingredients separately???
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I mix all the wet first and then just add in the dry to that one by one
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@junebugmama: same.
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I generally cream the butter and sugar together and then add wet ingredients followed by the dry.
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Usually. I like to whisk the dry ingredients together to get rid of flour lumps, and because I feel like everything is equally distributed without risking over-mixing the batter.
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Depends on the recipe, but generally yes.
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Mixing the dry ingredients together first ensures that leavening agents (baking soda, baking powder) and salt are evenly distributed through the flour so you don't end up with half a cake that rises and half that doesn't, or some such disaster. That said, it really depends on what I'm making whether I dirty up another bowl for that or not.
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It depends. That's known as the "muffin method". I can't remember what the tv show said about it, but different methods are for different types of textures in the cake.
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@blackbird: It might be Alton Brown? He talks about the six mixing methods: Muffin, Biscuit, Creaming, Straight Dough, Egg Foam, and Custards
I have his "I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking" cookbook and it is so awesome. He is my cooking/baking idol and I follow his methods religiously.
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Totally depends on the recipe. I usually mix the wet ingredients first, then add the dry ingredients one by one. Unless I know its a pretty fussy recipe, then I mix separately.
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