Baking is fun when you’ve got a sturdy and reliable mixer to use. Sometimes I even do two baking projects at one time, for instance on that day when my sister held a party for her one-year-old’s birthday, I made her a large batch of cookies and a banana chiffon cake.
I prefer to use a stand mixer for the average job, but for quick and light mixing I go for hand mixers. Before I start talking about my best mixers and what they can do, here are some tips to share which you won’t find in the regular recipe.
Tip #1 Save time
Turn on the oven to warm it and get the pans ready ten minutes before you finish mixing everything. This you can do while the mixture is being beaten in your best stand mixer and you’ve got your hands free. After the mixing is done you can then immediately pour the mixture into the pans and pop them into the oven. The batter is as fresh as it can be and you save 15 to 30 minutes of time.
Tip #2 Ingredients
Preparation always take up the most time, I feel. Take out the butter, eggs and other ingredients from the fridge to sit in room temperature at least an hour before the time you plan to start.
If I need to cream the butter and sugar I’ll pop them into the mixer and run it first before I start measuring other ingredients, because creaming takes the longest.
Always make sure the flour gets sifted with a fine sieve together with the salt (if recipe requires it), so that you don’t get any lumps in the batter. Any other powdered ingredient such as baking powder or cocoa powder goes through the sieve before mixing as well.
Tip #3 Perfect taste and texture
Always cream the butter and sugar until the sugar is fully dissolved. And how do you know it has? When the color has gone lighter and the texture is creamy, use the spatula to dip into the depths of mixture and take it out, then use your forefinger and thumb to rub some of the substance together. If you can see or feel any remnants of sugar, it is not perfectly creamed.
Scrape the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl from time to time so that you get an even mixture. The better you can cream the butter and sugar, the better the taste and texture of the end result.
All right, that’s all for now. I will be writing more mixing and baking tips when I have the time. If you’re looking for the best mixer, check out my mixer reviews.
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