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    28 Baking Hacks That Every Kitchen Wizard Should Know About

    How to rescue burned cake, separate yolks in a snap, and more.

    1. If you don't have time to frost your cupcakes, sprinkle some powdered sugar through a piece of lace for a v chic finish:

    2. And this is a super-simple trick to prevent your mixer from getting batter EVERYWHERE:

    3. Forgot to pick up the powdered sugar at the store? No problem — just mix some normal sugar in the mixer for 10 minutes.

    4. Before sticking it in the oven, drop your cake pan (with the batter inside) from about 1 foot above a table. This will reduce the number of air bubbles trapped in the dough.

    5. To prevent your cake drying out before you get a chance to ice it, put a slice of bread on top of it:

    6. Your whipped cream will be fluffier if you whip it in a chilled bowl:

    7. And you should cut butter up into small cubes so that it can be kneaded into flour more easily:

    8. Use cooking spray to grease muffin tins — and do it inside an open dishwasher to minimize the mess:

    9. Plus, did you know you can save burned breads and cakes with a vegetable or cheese grater?

    10. If you're low on counter space, set up an ironing board like this:

    11. Biscuits and cookies stay moist if you store them with a piece of apple.

    12. If your brown sugar is all dried out, put it in a bowl with a wet paper towel on top and microwave it for 20 seconds:

    13. And to keep sugar from drying out in the first place, you can store it with a piece of bread:

    14. But also apples work as well:

    15. An empty plastic bottle makes separating yolks super easy:

    16. And eggshells are most easily removed with your hands (not a spoon!).

    17. Want to know if those eggs are still good? Put it in a glass of water. If they float or "stand" up, it's an older egg that has more air inside:

    18. Plus, you can use thread to cut a cake into two perfect layers without squashing it:

    19. Thread also works well with dough:

    20. Your oven might be lying to you! Most ovens are not well calibrated when it comes to temperature, so get yourself an oven thermometer:

    21. Pro tip: Dough rises faster if you let it rise on a heating pad.

    22. Depending on the recipe, you can usually replace butter with avocado to make things a little healthier:

    23. And you already know to use ice cream scoops for cookie dough, right?

    24. Photogenic and helpful: Stick birthday candles into pieces of fruit to prevent wax dripping on to the cake.

    25. Or get rid of candles altogether and use a cookie cutter and sprinkles to do the trick:

    26. When using a mixer, rotate the bowl, not the actual mixer!

    27. And if you have to fit wax or parchment paper into a circular pan, here's a way to use #geometry to get it to fit perfectly:

    28. And finally, add a little salt to your cookie dough to make them twice as tasty:

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    This post was translated from German.