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Home » 15 Baking Ingredient Hacks You Need to Know

15 Baking Ingredient Hacks You Need to Know

April 13, 2020 By Hadley Maxwell Leave a Comment

Have you ever wondered how the best bakers in town are able to finish all their delicious goodies in no time? These secret baking ingredients will surely turn you into a top chef in a matter of minutes.Join me as we explore these amazing baking hacks.

Check out these Awesome Baking Ingredient Hacks

 

1. How to make baking powder.

Ingredient Substitutions
This would be useful.

Baking that cake and you just found out that you don’t have any more baking powder? That’s not a problem, if you have some baking soda, mix it with cream of tartar and you’re all set. Check out the step here.

2. How to make brown sugar.

how to make brown sugar
A regular sugar turned brown sugar? Sounds great!

Did you know you can make brown sugar on your own? You’ll just need some white sugar and molasses, click here to check how.

3. How to make buttermilk.

how do you make buttermilk
This is a great hack.

You have two choices if you don’t have buttermilk, either add lemon juice or vinegar to your regular milk and you’ll be set. Check the measurements here.

4. How to make powdered sugar.

How to make powdered sugar
Need powdered sugar, make your own.

Now this is something you should always have but if you run out, don’t panic. You can simply use white sugar and cornstarch like in the image above and get more information here. Or you can also follow the video instruction here from America’s Test Kitchen.

5. How to make baking chocolate.

How to make chocolate from cocoa powder
This would be so useful when you make chocolate cake.

You may be in big trouble if you run out of this while baking chocolate cake, but don’t fret, you can use cocoa or semi-sweet chocolate and add some sugar and you’re good to go. Check out the recipe here. One thing you have to consider though is that it may change how your final product will be. You can read on more about it from Serious Eats.

6. How to make pumpkin pie spice.

How to make pumpkin pie spice
Five spices are all you need to make your own pumpkin pie spice.

In case you can’t rush to the store to get the spice you need, check your kitchen instead if you have these five spices and just make your own pumpkin pie spice. Check it out here.

7. How to make sweetened condensed milk.

How to make sweetened condensed milk
Save on condensed milk with this amazing baking tip.

If you have about two hours to make condensed milk then you can try this recipe by using whole milk and sugar, it’s not as complicated as it sounds. But if you don’t you can try this quicker method by using powdered milk instead.

8. How to make almond flour.

How to make almond flour
Powder almond and you’ll have your own almond flour.

Stop spending a lot for almond flour. Make almond flour with slivered almonds and start blending. See how you can make it here.

If you would want to know how to make almond meal, you can follow the steps here by using regular almonds.

9. How to make cornmeal.

How to make cornmeal
Turn popcorn kernels into cornmeal, it’s easy.

Did you know all you need is a really good blender to make cornmeal? Get all the steps that you need here.

10. How to make peanut butter chips.

peanut butter chips recipe
What’s better than peanut butter? Peanut butter chips!

If you’re looking for a peanut butter chip recipe that melts in your mouth, you don’t have to look any further. You can make it with four ingredients and by following this easy recipe.

11. How to make cake flour.

How to make cake flour
Start sifting to make your own cake flour.

Do you run out of cake flour when you need it? Here’s how you can make cake flour from all-purpose flour and some corn starch. Get the instructions here.

12. How to make corn syrup.

How to make corn syrup
This is a useful tip you should know.

You need corn syrup for a lot of things, if you run out and have sugar, water, a little cream of tartar and salt, you can still make it. Follow the how here.

13. How to substitute egg.

Vegan Egg Substitute
This is a great vegan egg substitute even non-vegans should know.

Baking can surely be challenging without egg, but if you’re a vegan you should know this great vegan egg substitute. Find out what it is here.

14. How to make self rising flour.

baking ingredient
Image via The Make Your Own Zone

There are certain recipes that call for self-rising flour, but you won’t end up using the whole bag. Don’t worry about buying it again because you can make your own here.

15. How to make colored sugar.

baking ingredient

It’s fun to decorate with colored sugar but why waste money when you can easily make them in different color. Check out how you can by following the instructions here.

 

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