
The quality of the ingredients
The flour You can easily see it has gone rancid from its smell. Most flour has almost no odor while some nut and alternative flours have a sweet or nutty smell. Spoiled flour smells musty, sour and sometimes like rubber or Play-Doh.
Knowing is the baking powder is still active you spoon teaspoon in a bowl and pour cup of boiling water over it. Right away it should bubble up violently. If it does, it's still good. if it doesn't then its not good to use for baking
Knowing if you eggs are ok Fill a bowl with cold water and place your eggs in the bowl. If they sink to the bottom and lay flat on their sides, they're very fresh. If they're a few weeks old but still good to eat, they'll stand on one end at the bottom of the bowl. If they float to the surface, they're no longer fresh enough to eat.
sugar doesn't rarely go off but if i does it shouldn't taste as sweet as it was and if its past its best before date then you properly should use it
if you wanna know if butter is off then First , smell the butter, if the smell is sour or off it is no longer fresh. Second, cut a slice of the butter if the outside is darker than the inside ,it means the butter has oxidised, thus no longer fresh.
The easiest way to tell if milk has spoiled is by checking for changes in texture or consistency. Chunky or lumpy milk is almost assuredly bad, but you can also look out for things like discolouration or an unclean, sour smell, which happens when lactic acid in the milk starts producing bacteria.
Shredded coconut dries out the older it gets, and when it has finally gone bad, it will be brittle with a yellow tinge to its color.
with cream you can tell if half-and-half, light, whipping and heavy cream have gone bad if they curdle (the liquid begins to contain lumps) and begin to develop a distinct sour smell. When you pour it into your coffee and circles form on the top of the coffee, you can tell that the cream is beginning to go bad
Degree of cooking
time
when baking laming-tons they should be cooked around 190c and should be cooked for 15-20 minuets
when its cooked
They should be a nice golden brown colour
Appearance
texture
the texture of the lamgington Gets better the longer the lamingtons sit after being coated and the coconut adds a nice crunch. Ease: Although there are quite a few steps involved they are all simple. Appearance: Square and cute, especially if you can see the thin layer of red strawberry jam once bitten into
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