5 Awesome baking hacks to make your life simple

Eversince the lockdown phase began, many people around the world turned towards their kitchen to explore their hands at cooking. Not only in India but all around the world, from various culinary challenges to new cooking trends, social media has been flooded with eye-popping food pictures and we simply can’t stop drooling over them.

Undeniably, the best way to indulge in your favourite foods around this crisis situation is by preparing them at home. After all, staying safe and ensuring good health is a priority.

No wonder, those alluring pictures are enough to bring out the chef within you to explore this unconquered terrain.

Right from celebs to bloggers, one of the most common culinary trends has been around baking decadent cakes. No doubt, this tough phase has made most of us part ways with our favourite food.

Of course, to ensure our safety, but it’s literally difficult to live without relishing those delightful delicacies. However, the mere idea of baking at home can seem daunting, but baking at home is actually the most simple thing ever and if you still feel confused then we have some awesome baking hacks to make your life simple.

The first thumb rule to baking is about choosing the right ingredients wisely. From choosing the right flour to butter to sugar, every cake calls for a different set of ingredients. So make sure you stick to the need of the recipe first and then tweak the recipe as per your taste and health preference. For instance, if you are someone, who wants to indulge in the goodness of rich and creamy cakes, but at the same time you don’t want to add on to the calorie count, then going for gluten-free flour and fat free fresh cream or stevia in place of sugar can be some simple yet healthy changes.

Baking is easy, but to bake your cake perfectly using the right amount of ingredients can be quite challenging. This is one of the reasons why it is essential to follow the recipe and measure everything accurately as a slight change in the quantity spoil your efforts as well as the taste and texture of your cake.

If you go by the traditional rules of baking, going for the right type of oven is also an important step towards exploring this art. In fact, every baking device has a limit to which it can cook or bake a certain dish, and before you start your baking journey you must understand what you need to bake and how much temperature is required to achieve that perfect taste and texture. Even if you don’t go for an oven you can bake your cake using a pressure cooker and even for that you need an ideal temperature to bake.

Flours differ a lot in their taste and consistency, so choosing a flour as per the cake you are planning to bake is essential. From sponge cake to tea cakes, every recipe demands a different type of flour. Baking thick creamy cakes, you can go for pastry or bread flour. If you want to prepare a sponge cake go for all purpose flour.

This is one of the reasons why baking at home is always a great idea as the best way to ensure that ingredients you use are at the best of their quality. Especially, when you are using fruits or ingredients like cream or milk.