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13 Life-Changing Baking Hacks for a Happy Baker

February 23, 2023 By Cathy Baker Leave a Comment

Do you love baking? Try these nifty baking hacks every baker should take note of.

 

13 Life-Changing Baking Hacks for a Happy Baker

Try These Clever Baking Hacks!

Baking can be a challenge! Any number of things can go wrong. Save time and get organized in baking with these tips and hacks to help you avert your next baking crisis, especially with the baking season just beginning!

Here are 13 tips and hacks every baker should know:


 

1. Perfectly Sliced Cakes

If you want a perfectly-sliced cake, warm your knife with warm water before cutting. The cake won’t clump on a warm blade.

 

2. Homemade Condensed Milk

Don’t have condensed milk on hand? Watch this video to learn how to make your own.



 

3. DIY Sugar Sprinkles

Make DIY sugar sprinkles for cupcakes, cakes and cookies!

 

4. Cookie Bowls

Make your own cookie bowls by flipping your muffin tin over. Win!

 

5. Moist Cakes

If you need to keep your cakes moist while you prepare your frosting, place a slice of bread on top of them! Simple and clever!

 

6. Easier Way To Shape Your Cakes

Take your cake layers and freeze them wrapped in saran wrap. Take them out the day of and assemble them the day of the party while frozen.

 

7. Instant Frosting

Place a large marshmallow on your cupcakes for the last 5 minutes of baking to make an amazing frosting!

 

8. Ripe Bananas in a Few Minutes

Got bananas you want to eat, but are not ripe yet? Ripen your bananas quickly by putting them in the oven for 40 minutes at 300ºF. Voila!

 

9. Ultimate Guide for Baking Substitutions

Out of a crucial ingredient? This guide will be your ultimate chart for substitutions. Genius!

 

10. DIY Sprinkles

Want sprinkles that taste less like wax? You’ll love this tutorial!

 

11. Foil Trick

You can make any pan or baking dish smaller with this foil trick.

 

12. Wine bottle as a rolling pin

Got no rolling pin handy? Use wine bottles now!

 

13. Avocado as butter replacement

Avocado makes a great substitute for butter in baking – a healthier alternative!


Whether you’re just getting into baking or have been doing it for years, these baking hacks will elevate your baking game! Happy baking!

Looking for more cooking tips? Click here now!

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Originally posted on March 1, 2016 @ 1:58 pm

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