It must be recognized that confectionery is part of another style and techniques derived from traditional salty food. For me, it is another world, but since it is sweet and showy, it has a countless recipes that make it very endearing. We will compile a series of tricks so that you can give another touch and another taste to how to make a much easier pastry.
There is nothing more beautiful than mixing the three main ingredients of the pastry: eggs, sugar and flour, and then watching it come to life and the magic happens. For this job there is nothing better than knowing some good techniques so that the recipe can be solved much better when you are a beginner.
How to know the eggs
To know if an egg is fresh, you have to be very careful when opening it. Many times, when we already have many of them in our bowl, we are going to add the next one and therefore it did not come out healthy at all, so we have to discard all of them. To make sure this doesn't happen again, put the eggs in a glass of water. If they sink to the bottom, they are still fresh, but if you notice that there is any that floats, discard it.
Separate the whites from the yolks
To separate the whites from the yolks, you can pour the egg between your fingers and let the whites seep between it. In this way we will only have the yolk in our hand, that is if it does not break.
On the other hand, you can take an empty plastic bottle and press it. Then approach the outlet of the bottle on the yolk and make it suck in. In this way the egg white will remain on the plate.
How to Substitute Eggs in a Recipe
Many of the recipes are prepared or adapted to be vegan. For this we can substitute another type of binder to give the dough the same consistency. can be replaced one egg for half a mashed banana or 75 g of applesauce.
Soften butter quickly
Forgot to take the butter out of the fridge and have to make a recipe? No problem, you can use two tricks: place the chopped butter on a plate and cover it with a large glass or hot cup, you will notice that it takes a few minutes for it to soften.
Prevent your rod mixer from splashing
The rod mixer can be used to beat light dough, whipped cream or other types of creams. But when you go to whisk the ingredients, a lot of splashing is created. To avoid them, you can put a cardboard or plastic plate between your rods and the top, almost where they fit. In this way it will form a kind of lid that will prevent splashes.
Prevent the fruit from falling to the bottom of the cake
Surely you have baked delicious sponge cakes, plum cakes or cupcakes filled with exquisite fruit. When it comes to putting them in the oven, many of these fruits end up at the bottom of the mold. So that this does not happen, coat the fruits in flour before inserting them into the dough, this way they will stay in place.
Unmold a cake easily
Surely it has happened to you more than once, when it comes to unmolding a cake or biscuit, it sticks to the mold and it is difficult to unmold it in one piece. The trick is in grease the mold before adding the dough to the mold. Another way would be to grease it, add a small handful of flour, emphasize so that everything is battered and shake off the excess. Then you can add the dough and bake.
Prevent the cake from breaking when served
It usually happens, when the cake is already baked, you try to cut it and it ends up crumbled or broken. Is better cut it when the cake is completely cold. However, you can try heat a knife by immersing it in very hot water, dry it and cut the cake.
Give juiciness to a cake
The biscuits are delicious and very juicy when fresh from the oven. However, the next day they may already be dry or crumble easily. To prevent this from happening, you can prepare a light syrup or have a fruit juice on hand. Prick the entire surface of the cake with a toothpick and then add the liquid. You will be surprised by the juiciness that it adopts.
Perfectly White Frosting
Surely on more than one occasion you have wanted to prepare a white icing with icing sugar and when covering it, its color dissipates, it appears too transparent. To prevent this from happening, you can replace the glaze water with whole milk, some cream or adding a tablespoon of cream cheese.
These are some of the tricks to make baking, in the hands of beginners, much more advantageous. There are many tricks that can be added, in addition to those already described that will be published. To learn much more about our content you can enter “kitchen tips for beginners” o «Kitchen tricks that we must not forget from our grandmothers».