The home quarantine season made people seek a new passion, talent or an activity to keep them busy while self-isolating. And we can’t deny that aside from TikTok-ing, many people have also found love and serenity through baking.
With that, we came up with the idea to gather and mix some essential tips that every novice baker should know as they further their career in baking. So, whether you’re planning to try baking or have already started baking a week or a couple of weeks ago, here’s a read that suits you.
In this article, you’ll find out some tips you might want to take note first because baking isn’t a piece of cake. So, get a pen and paper and start jotting down the following tips, which you’ll about to read as you continue scrolling through the pages.
1. Always invest in essential and quality baking supplies for excellent results.
As an aspiring baker, you must first stock your kitchen with the right and high-quality baking supplies to jumpstart your baking career. Some of the essential baking supplies you must invest in are, of course, the oven, hand mixer, digital scale, silicone baking mats, measuring tools, mixing bowls, non-stick baking pans, don’t forget the rolling pin, cooling racks, and so much more.
Although investing in essential baking supplies With the right and high-quality baking supplies, your baking experience won’t only be hassle-free but also guaranteed to follow the recipe correctly.
2. Don’t start baking or mixing ingredients unless they’re at room temperature.
The consistency in the recipe is also a huge necessity. That’s why you shouldn’t start baking or mixing or beating your ingredients, mostly the butter and the sugar unless the butter is already at room temperature.
As you follow the rule, you’ll get the best and fluffy cakes that you ought to achieve. On the other hand, shrugging off the importance of room temperature in most of your ingredients might result in undesirable lumps, which is a sign that the outcome won’t be that good.
3. Parchment papers are okay, but silicone baking mats are better and wiser to use.
One of the most unsatisfying things that every baker avoid to encounter is the food, ingredients or the cake sticking on the pan. To prevent this undesirable scenario from happening, creating a non-stick surface will be a huge help.
In baking, although using parchment papers are fine, you might still want to use silicone baking mats instead. Silicone baking mats guarantee to eliminate stuck-on messes on your baking pan and is a wiser choice as it’s reusable.
4. Purchase non-stick bakeware to kickstart your career in baking.
Aside from using a silicone baking mat to keep the food or ingredients from sticking on your pan, you might also want to purchase non-stick bakeware so to kickstart your baking career. Non-stick bakeware won’t only eradicate the possibilities of having stuck-on messes on the pan, but also makes post-cleaning a lot easier.
5. Accept the fact that baking isn’t a piece of cake – practice makes everything perfect, and delicious.
Every novice baker must understand that baking isn’t a piece of cake. You might encounter burnt cakes, incompletely-baked cookies, get burns, and so on.
Well, that’s the beauty of baking, you encounter failures and start to learn from them one step at a time. But no matter how hard it might get, don’t give, and continue practising because practice makes perfect.
Final thoughts:
Whether you found peace through baking even before the pandemic or during this challenging time, you must know that your freshly-baked career is worth every while. So, take note of these tips as you further your baking career.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kath Ramirez took up journalism as her Bachelor’s Degree with library and information science on the side and now writes for Mauri, an Australian-based baking supplies and baking ingredients provider. After a busy working week, you’ll either see her binge-watching on Netflix, cuddling with her fur babies, bonding with her family or devouring her mom and sisters’ homemade goodies.
