What are some common baking mistakes and their fixes?

Is baking your hobby? Then trying your hand in different recipes is the only thing that you would want to do in your leisure time. You must be a pro at specific recipes and always keen to learn new ones. But has it happened with you that your fun baking project turned into a stressful kitchen battle? While trying new recipes, the cake does not turn out the way you imagined (even after repeated tries) and does that pisses you off? Sometimes a small tragedy can lead your cake straight into the dustbin.

Don’t worry, we all have been there. Well, tragedies might happen due to some baking mistakes that you overlook during the process. To be honest, practice is the key to baking, but this is also true that there is nothing worse than overly salted cookies or over baked cake. In this case, you can opt for online cake delivery when your dessert is messed, but remember that it is only in case of an emergency.

But thank god, there is nothing that can not be fixed (at least in baking). Relax, we are here to save you from your “oops” moments in the kitchen. We have curated a list of hacks, or you can say fixes that will help you get the recipe right in the first attempt and even fix the already messed up recipes, yes also if you are a beginner.

Have a look at some common baking mistakes people commit and their quick fixes as well to ease your baking sessions.

Avoid opening oven door too often

I understand that you are baffled to see your baked masterpiece and you want to keep a check on it (if it’s doing fine inside there). Not to dishearten you or anything but this action of yours can have ill effects on certain types of goods. Baked goods like sponge cake are delicate and can collapse if the temperature is not maintained and you wouldn’t want your cake to die, right?

The sudden change in temperature can cause certain goods to sink and spoil the final display. I’m not saying that this happens with every baked item, but to be on the safe side, limit the number of times you open the door.

Your ingredients aren’t at the room temperature

When the recipe calls for room temperature, it is for a reason. Like, it calls for butter at room temperature because it gets softened and hence blends well with other ingredients. But because of the shortage of time, we usually microwave the butter, which heats the ingredient from inside out. Thus, resulting in melting which can spoil your recipe. To avoid this, let your ingredients sit at room temperature for at least thirty minutes or as the recipe suggests. The same goes for the eggs, eggs at room temperature whip more easily.

Not letting the cake to cool down properly

Ever wondered why your recipe is dried out quickly? Well, that might be because you could resist and attacked (by attached I mean cut) the cake or bread when it was still warm. When you do that, the food product emits steam, which leads to loss of moisture all at one go, which eventually results in drying out. The release of steam also makes the cake soggy, which means ugly presentation. I am not asking you to wait for centuries, but at least wait till the cools down to room temperature.

Not paying attention to the recipe

Once we get an idea of the ingredients and after reading the recipe halfway through, we sought of feel like we already got an idea, so we tend to overlook the rest of it. We all do that, but it can land us in the problem. Sometimes recipes have mentioned resting the ingredients for two hours, but since you skipped reading it now you have to serve the recipe in one hour, big problem right? To avoid that all you have to do is read the recipe carefully well in advance. It will also help you arrange the tools required that are not available in your kitchen.

These were some tips that can save your day in the kitchen. Next time, while baking, keep them in mind to save some extra efforts. If you want to save, all your efforts get cake delivery online at your doorstep.