8 Best Baking Hacks That Will No Doubt Work For You

As much as I love eating delicious pies, cupcakes, and pastries, when it comes to baking them myself there’s a lot of mess and fuss involved. Of course, store-bought baked goodies may look tasty and tempting but nothing beats a good home-baked cake. That’s why we’ve collected the best baking hacks to try.

That’s why to help fellow new bakers like myself, I’ve compiled this amazing list that will surely change the way you bake forever.

These tips will help you work faster, and cleaner and make things a hundred times better overall. Also, you’ll find smart tips for making your baked goods look like they walked out of a bakery!

8 Baking Hacks Every New Baker Needs

1. Microwave Brown Sugar That Is Rock Solid

Need a simple and quick solution when brown sugar is hard? Simply cover the bowl with a wet paper towel and microwave for at least 20 seconds. To prevent this in the future, drop a slice of bread into the brown sugar to make sure it stays soft and fresh.

2. Use Marshmallows As A Frosting Alternative

A great and delicious way to frost cupcakes is by popping a marshmallow on the cupcake and baking for 5 minutes.

3. Keep Cake Moist And Soft

When you’re in a kitchen, you’re bound to be busy juggling a few things and sometimes there’s not enough time for making cakes look good before it goes hard.

Well, that’s before this easy option came along.

Take all the time you need by placing a slice of bread on top of the cake since this will keep it moist until you’re ready to frost and decorate.

4. Prevent Splatters While Mixing

Oh, the trouble when you’re using an electric hand mixer! To avoid spills and splashes, use a paper plate.

5. Ziploc Bag Hack For Frosting

No icing bag? No problem. Fill a Ziploc bag and fill it with icing to form a cone shape and cut a small hole in the corner.

Filling these bags can get quite messy. You could fold the bag over a cup to scoop the icing inside.

6. Ripen Bananas Quickly

The craving to eat banana bread always hits me at the wrong time. To ripen bananas fast and easy, pop them in on a baking tray and let them ripen in a 300° oven for about 30-40 minutes until they turn dark.

7. Remove An Eggshell Without Creating A Mess

It’s so easy to crack an egg the wrong way and small shell pieces end up in the mixture.

The worst thing you can do is stick your fingers in! All you have to do is make use of a bigger piece of the shell and watch how easily they come together.

8. Quick Buttermilk Solution

You know how you end up coming across a mouthwatering dessert and you quickly skim over the recipe, grab your apron and you’re all set until it hits you that you’re out of buttermilk and you end up devastated because it’s too late to head to the store? Just me?

If only I had known about these baking hacks sooner!

Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and stir. Tada – you’ve got yourself buttermilk!