1.   Let stand while preparing cake batter.

2.   Grease the pan before you put the cake batter in.

3.   Amaretto is an almond-flavored liqueur that is ideal for adding to cake batters.

4.   Any cake batter, just about, can be baked in muffin tins.

5.   Best for mixing and aerating, such as for cake batters, egg whites, whipped cream, creaming butter and sugar together and kneading bread dough.

6.   Even as a preschooler, he could do simple tasks like helping to make a salad and stirring cake batter.

7.   Fill cupcake liners halfway with chocolate cake batter, drop teaspoon-size dollops into the centers, then top with more batter.

8.   Fold them gently into the cake batter.

9.   Gently spoon over cake batter.

10.   Gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter.