Cakes and
1. Always use microwave safe utensils, plastic or glass.
3. Crust on cakes will be soft. Refrigerate cake if
exterior is
2. Before adding batter, grease dishes but do not flour. Or, for easy
desirable for frosting,
removal. line dish with wax paper or paper towel.
4. Fruit desserts will be fresh looking and tasting.
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Cakes
Commercial mix
(18 to
)
Basic butter or
chocolate cake
Pineapple upside
down cake
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Bar cookies
Baked apples
or pears
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7 to Y min.
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Y to 1 min.
round or
MED
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square dishes
Fluted tube
MED
(7) to 18 min
cake pan
Greased 8-in.
1
round dish
8-in. round
dish
Paper lined
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2 to min
8-in. square
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6 to 8 min.
dish
2-qt, oblong
8 to 14 min.
dish
Microwave
Lid or
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to 4 min.
safe dish or
plastic wrap
per piece
casserole
Omit I egg when preparing batter,
dish
turn every minutes. Let stand 5 to
10 minutes before inverting to cool.
Use number of eggs recommended on
package. Rotate pan 1/4 turn every 6 minutes.
Let tube cake stand 5 to 10 minutes
inverting cool.
Rotate dish
turn every minutes. Let stand
on heat-proof counter or
board to cool
minutes.
When done, toothpick stuck in
comes out
clean. Invert cake onto plate; let dish stand
over cake a few minutes.
When cooking several cupcakes, you may
notice some will be done before others.
so. remove cupcakes as they are done and
continue cooking the rest a
seconds more.
Rotate dish
turn after half of
Cut when cool.
Pierce
or
to prevent bursting
Candies
1. Always use microwave safe utensils, plastic or glass. For easy
2. Candies which are boiled become
sure to
cleanup, melt chocolate in paper wrappers seam side up. or place
cooking containers carefully.
chocolate in paper bowl to melt,
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S’Mores
Paper napkin
or paper plate
Caramel apples
1 pint (2-cup)
measure
Marshmallow crisp
2-qt. oblong
dish
Chocolate bark
casserole
or bowl
No
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to
seconds
No
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2 min.
Yes
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I min. to
melt butter
min. to melt
marshmallows
Yes
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5 6 min.
Cover graham cracker with chocolate and
marshmallow,
Unwrap a
package of caramels into
measuring cup. Add I tablespoon water.
Microwave. stirring every minute. Dip 4
apples into mixture.
In 2-qt. oblong dish, melt 1/4 cup butter and
package marshmallows. Cover with
wax paper and microwave to melt. Stir in 6
cups crispy rice cereal. Press firmly into dish.
Place
semi-sweet chocolate pieces in
container.
Microwave
to melt. Add I cup
whole toasted almonds. Spread over wax
paper on cookie sheet. Chill until firm.
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