I am a little new t this site. I have been trying to read as many threads as possible, to learn as much as possible. My problem is, the abbreviations. Such as AP flour, IMBC, NF. and so on. Maybe I should know these, but I don't. Is there a thread or site I can go to, to learn what these mean? I want to be able to understand what everyone is taling about. So please someone help!

Here is a link to the acronyms

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926.html

Thanks JoAnnB for posting that, and CakesOnly for asking the question. I've been on for a couple of months and have figured some of the things out but it's great to know they are all in one place!

Baking and Decorating Terms:

http://www.ladycakes.com/CakeDecoratingTerms/cake_decorating_terms.htm

http://www.wrenscottage.com/kitchen/glossary.php

http://www.homebakingco.com/dictionary.htm

http://www.foodsubs.com/

Common Baking Substitutions:

http://www.joyofbaking.com/IngredientSubstitution.html

Chatboard help:

http://www.ladycakes.com/cake_acromyns.htm

http://www.abbreviations.com/

http://www.missingkids.com/adcouncil/pdf/lingo/onlinelingo.pdf

HTH

I hear ya. I tried to figure them out on my own and did okay then I found the good ole post containing most of them! I go stuck on DIL. HAHAHAHAHA Whatta dummy!

gettin' it goin' on,
elle

My husband was reading over my shoulder the other night and wanted to know what DH was. I said it refers to your husband - he wanted to know if it meant d*mn husband!! After laughing, I smiled sweetly and said, "no darling, it means "dear" in most cases".....then laughed again!!! Then a qucik smooch!

Thanks for the info, but I still do not know what AP flour is.

This one I know!! LOl!! All Purpose Flour aka plain flour


Suzycakes

Although all these abbreviations are available; I personally for the most part would rather spell it out ... unless it's totally obvious.