Baking Radio: Chef Gail Sokol's Baking Podcast

The versatility of one great yellow cake recipe is priceless. How to create Chef Sokol’s favorite tender and moist yellow cake is discussed in detail. This recipe uses her favorite mixing method, the creaming method, to produce high quality results. Chef Sokol shares her own hilarious experience with a cake malfunction, and what she learned about the creaming method in particular.

Getting cakes to release from the pan after baking can be a frustrating experience. Knowing how to properly prepare your pans for baking is crucial to baking success. Discussions include: properly greasing and flouring pans and creating parchment cake circles. Tips are given on how to easily get baked goods out of the pans and the best time to do this.

Five of Chef Sokol’s most useful and “must have” baking tools are discussed in detail. These include: the electric mixer and its three basic attachments, measuring cups for solids and liquids, the rubber spatula, the offset spatula and the whisk. Each tool has a specific time and place to be used.

Discover the order to baking, and that the way the ingredients are put together really matters. Breaking down the recipe into easy, manageable steps helps the baker to know exactly what to do and when to do it. Measuring ingredients properly and following

Find out how award winning author, educator and chef Gail Sokol got started and developed for baking despite having a mother with little or no interest in the kitchen. Learning from making numerous mistakes, Chef Sokol encourages anyone who wishes to bake. Tips are discussed on how to get started with successful results.