{"id":15834,"date":"2015-10-11T01:29:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=15834"},"modified":"2015-10-11T01:29:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T18:29:10","slug":"baking-perfection-with-perfect-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/baking-perfection-with-perfect-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"Baking Perfection with Perfect Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-Main.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16949\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-Main.jpg?resize=570%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Perfect Bake\" width=\"570\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-Main.jpg?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-Main.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-Main.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you love baked goods but finding baking isn&#8217;t your forte? Do you sometimes forget to put an ingredient in? &nbsp;Do you wish there was an easier way to let your kids bake, no matter what their age or ability?<\/p>\n<p>We found a solution! &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectbakeapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Perfect Bake<\/a> uses the free Perfect Bake App (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/perfect-bake\/id916008912?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple <\/a>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.pureimagination.perfectbake&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a>) along with a scale and 3 multi-colored, pre-weighted bowls to count grams&nbsp;rather than teaspoons to help you compile your masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Perfect Bake in Action!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Perfect Bake\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?resize=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-18.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Perfect Bake scale connects to your phone (headphones port) via a short cable, to portray on your phone how many grams&nbsp;have been weighed on the scale. &nbsp;Perfect Bake comes with hundreds of recipes already built into the app. &nbsp;Select a recipe and the app tells you one item at a time what to put into which supplied brightly-colored bowl. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16945\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Perfect Bake\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?resize=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-8.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you pour the ingredient into the bowl, the scale measures it and shows you how much have have added on&nbsp;your Perfect Bake app. &nbsp; The app alerts you when you have poured in the right amount. &nbsp;Pour too much of one ingredient in? &nbsp;No worries, the app&#8230;on the fly&#8230;readjusts the other ingredients and tells you how much more of each should be added. &nbsp;How cool is that? &nbsp;It&#8217;s nearly impossible to mess up!<\/p>\n<p>We have used Perfect Bake a number of times now. &nbsp;Most recently, my kids, ages 9 and 12, and I were making the $250 cookies recipe from the app. &nbsp;They loved being able to pour in the ingredients, waiting for the &#8220;ding&#8221; that told them they poured in the right amount.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16947 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978-1024x693.jpg?resize=634%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Perfect Bake\" width=\"634\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?resize=1024%2C693&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?resize=600%2C406&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?resize=900%2C609&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-16-e1444499321978.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it came to the flour, my daughter poured in too much. &nbsp;The recipe immediately readjusted, telling her how much more of the other ingredients she should add. &nbsp;Instead, she opted to spoon out the excess flour. &nbsp;She heard her &#8220;ding&#8221; and the recipe readjusted itself on-the-spot to the original recipe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-21.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-21.jpg?resize=501%2C889&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Perfect Bake\" width=\"501\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-21.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-21.jpg?resize=150%2C267&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-21.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=501%2C889&amp;ssl=1 1002w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/10\/Perfect-Bake-21.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=501%2C889&amp;ssl=1 1503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we were putting in the ingredients, I got called away and the kids continued on their own. &nbsp;They finished putting in ingredients, mixed the cookies, pre-heated the oven, baked&nbsp;the cookies, and cleaned up everything&#8230;all on their own. &nbsp;I was so impressed. &nbsp;They told me the cookies were delicious! &nbsp;As I am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/wellconnectdmom\/gluten-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">gluten-free,<\/a> I didn&#8217;t get to try them, but they looked fantastic. &nbsp;The kids were so excited that they made cookies, nearly by themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comes with a scale, tablet stand, 3 plastic mixing bowls (small, medium, large), oven thermometer, and a 3.5mm connection cable<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to measure ingredients by weight&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Free app with step-by-step directions<\/li>\n<li>Can scale to recipe to the number of servings you desire<\/li>\n<li>App includes mix, bake, and cool-down timers<\/li>\n<li>The app comes with hundreds of recipes&#8230;but you can include your own as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No more measuring and dirtying more dishes &#8211; Perfect Bake weighs it all for you instead!<\/li>\n<li>Setting up the scale with your phone or tablet worked well<\/li>\n<li>The app is easy-to-use&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Tell Perfect Bake the number of servings&nbsp;you want to make, and it automatically scales the recipe<\/li>\n<li>Pantry Feature gives you lists of delicious recipes from the items you already have on hand<\/li>\n<li>Helps you portion your cupcakes &#8211; put your muffin pan on the scale and pour the batter, will tell you when to stop<\/li>\n<li>If you put too much of an ingredient in, the recipe readjusts and tells you how much more to add of other ingredients&#8230;or you can simply spoon out the excess ingredient<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The three AA batteries you need to insert don&#8217;t last as long as you&#8217;d think, over time<\/li>\n<li>The cable between your phone and the scale is short, increasing the possibility of spills on your phone<\/li>\n<li>Some ingredients are difficult to assess their weight&#8230;for example,&nbsp;eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perfect Bake is available from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Perfect-Bake-App-Controlled-Smart-Baking\/dp\/B00R56XHI4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon <\/a>for $41.38 plus free shipping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?resize=167%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Family Technology at it's Best\" width=\"167\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?resize=165%2C300&amp;ssl=1 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A Mom&#8217;s Perspective<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Perfect Bake is perfect for people who get distracted easily&#8230;which can applys to most moms with kids! &nbsp;I like it that I can start a recipe, go off and help one of my children, then&nbsp;come back and the app tells me exactly where I left off.<\/p>\n<p>When you have a lot of ingredients, a recipe can get overwhelming. &nbsp;But with&nbsp;the step-by-step instructions and the &#8220;ding&#8221; when I pour enough ingredients in, the whole process becomes easier&#8230;and even fun.<\/p>\n<p>My kids enjoy baking with Perfect Bake and are&nbsp;already planning their next recipe. &nbsp;Perfect Bake empowers kids to take baking into their own hands&#8230;step-by-step&#8230;allowing them to make&nbsp;their own creations. &nbsp;It&#8217;s really a great way to learn about baking in a near failure-proof environment&#8230;and clean-up is easy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;I was given a Perfect Bake to facilitate this review. &nbsp;All opinions are my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baking is fun &#038; easy with Perfect Bake&#8230;use a scale to measure ingredients instead of dirtying measuring cups &#038; spoons! 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