With so many festivities around the corner, we bring to you this special list of tips by our featured columnist Dishari Dutt, the founder of Hungry&Skinny . Keep in mind these very useful tips the next time you bake!
1. For level cakes, use a cake strip around the tin.
Measure the circumference of your tin and use an old towel to cut a strip and wrap it around the tin, securing with a safety pin and bake!
2. Bring your ingredients to room temperature always before baking, whether it is eggs, milk or butter.
3. Every recipe that calls for vinegar? Substitute it with apple cider vinegar.
4. Don't ever use a recipe to the T. The recipe is the basic foundation which YOU need to build on, keeping your instinct in mind. It will take time and patience to build on this, but don't fret, perseverance is the key.
5. When a skewer comes out clean, that means you've over-baked your cake (contrary to what most believe). A skewer should ALWAYS have some crumbs, which means your cake is nice and fudgy.
6. Do not over mix. The general conception is to beat as much air as possible, and this is highly incorrect. Please mix just enough so that the ingredients have mixed with each other and do not over beat it.
7. Rotate the pans while baking, during half time.
8. Let the cake stay in the oven even after the timer is off for about 10 minutes. This ensures that it still continues to cook, as the oven cools down.
1. For level cakes, use a cake strip around the tin.
Measure the circumference of your tin and use an old towel to cut a strip and wrap it around the tin, securing with a safety pin and bake!
2. Bring your ingredients to room temperature always before baking, whether it is eggs, milk or butter.
3. Every recipe that calls for vinegar? Substitute it with apple cider vinegar.
4. Don't ever use a recipe to the T. The recipe is the basic foundation which YOU need to build on, keeping your instinct in mind. It will take time and patience to build on this, but don't fret, perseverance is the key.
5. When a skewer comes out clean, that means you've over-baked your cake (contrary to what most believe). A skewer should ALWAYS have some crumbs, which means your cake is nice and fudgy.
6. Do not over mix. The general conception is to beat as much air as possible, and this is highly incorrect. Please mix just enough so that the ingredients have mixed with each other and do not over beat it.
7. Rotate the pans while baking, during half time.
8. Let the cake stay in the oven even after the timer is off for about 10 minutes. This ensures that it still continues to cook, as the oven cools down.