Baking a Cake can be a Piece of Cake

Baking is, indeed, a little bit more exacting and a little less forgiving than cooking, wherein one has more room for error. Still, with this list of tips and tricks I collected over the years from books, magazines, the web and experience, Read more

How to Make Garlic Oil

There are presently over 200 recipes in The CookMobile archive and if one was to ask which of the 200 plus tops my list, I would readily acknowledge Read more

How to Fry the Best French Fries

Are you a bud of spud? I am, too. Baked, scalloped, mashed, one can never go wrong with a side of potatoes. But if you love them french-fried, try this thrice-cooked method and I promise, McDee’s bucket of fries will never do for ya ever Read more

How to Make Sugar Syrup

I added a “kitchen knowledge” section here at The CookMobile where I will be sharing the little tips and nifty tricks I’ve learned and encountered Read more

How to Serve Meals

I can’t remember the last time I took out my fine china. What’s the point when my family and I mostly eat at Ronald’s or at Read more

For the Love of Chocolate

Here are some helpful tips in melting and storing chocolate to maintain optimum quality. Read more

How to Make Moist Cupcakes

Add 1 or 2 tbsps of mayonnaise or sour cream to the batter.

Substitute applesauce or puree fruit in place or part of the oil in the recipe.

Add pudding to the mix. Chocolate cupcake=chocolate pudding. Yellow cupcake=vanilla pudding.

Increase quantity of oil or egg.

Replace half of liquid with soda pop or 7-up.

Use milk instead of water in the recipe.

Decrease baking time from that suggested by recipe.

Add pureed beets to chocolate-flavored cupcakes.