{"id":39,"date":"2024-03-06T17:39:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2024-03-06T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T17:39:15","slug":"baking-hacks-that-every-baker-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/baking-hacks-that-every-baker-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"BAKING HACKS THAT EVERY BAKER SHOULD KNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#7736b1\"><strong>START FROM THE END OF THE RECEIPE, AND READ IT BACKWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s essential to be systematic in your approach to baking because it really is an exact science that must be followed precisely<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#4528ab;background-color:#8dd2fcdb\"><strong>USE OLIVE OIL TO MEASURE THE STICKY INGREDIENTS WITHOUT THE HASSLE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those sticky ingredients that are tough to scoop out of your measuring cups, Arnone recommended using olive oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coat the measuring instruments lightly with oil before scooping honey, maple syrup, corn syrup, or molasses. This will allow the stickier ingredients to slide right out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use a paper towel that has been moistened with oil to wipe the measuring spoon or cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#4542d7;background-color:#8dd2fcc4\"><strong>USE UNSALTED BUTTER FOR BAKED GOODS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Double-check that you&#8217;re using unsalted butter, especially if you&#8217;re baking a cake. salted butter can change the chemistry of your recipes, and therefore might throw off the delicate flavors of your batter or dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#2d20bb;background-color:#8dd2fc96\"><strong>SALT THE BOTTON OF YOUR COOKIES.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>if the recipe calls for a light salting on the top of\u00a0your cookies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0before placing them in the oven, you should try sprinkling salt on the bottom instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This helps keep the flakes of salt from bouncing off the dough, and they also hit your tongue first, leading you from savory into sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#3b34c3;background-color:#8dd2fc80\"><strong>TRY USING DAMP KITCHEN TOWEL TO BAKE EVEN CAKE LAYERS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of attempting to level out\u00a0your cake layers\u00a0after they&#8217;ve been baked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soak and then wring out tea towels and wrap them around the outside of your cake pans. They will insulate the sides of the cake pan and cause your cake layers to rise evenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re worried about putting your towels in the oven, you can also buy\u00a0reusable cake strips\u00a0that serve a similar purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>START FROM THE END OF THE RECEIPE, AND READ IT BACKWARDS It&#8217;s essential to be systematic in your approach to baking because it really is an exact science that must be followed precisely USE OLIVE OIL TO MEASURE THE STICKY INGREDIENTS WITHOUT THE HASSLE. For those sticky ingredients that are tough to scoop out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[5,11,9,6,7,10,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bakeyourown.plazetto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}