31 Baking Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Before Now

Love spending time in the kitchen baking amazing treats and desserts? So do I, and was I ever happy when I came across some of the most awesome baking hacks ever. Tips and tricks that will save baking and prep time for cookies, cakes, cupcakes and more, you will be sorry you did not know about some of these sooner. My favorite trick right now is for softening brown sugar, so amazing. It really works! Have more fun baking and save some time with these super cool tutorials for cooking hacks and clever shortcuts.

Baking Hacks

1. Use A Tea Strainer As Powdered Sugar Duster

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Use A Tea Strainer As Powdered Sugar Duster, a smarter kitchen shortcut, and a shortcut worth remembering for good

3. DIY All Purpose Flour

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DIY All Purpose Flour, built from items already sitting in most kitchen drawers and results that beat the slower old method

5. The Best Cake Flour Substitute

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The Best Cake Flour Substitute, simple enough to remember without writing it down and a habit worth passing along to a friend

6. Magic Cake Pan Release

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Magic Cake Pan Release, a smarter kitchen shortcut, and a trick that makes the whole job less of a chore

7. Easy Insulated Cake Box

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Easy Insulated Cake Box, fast to set up with almost no extra effort and a habit worth passing along to a friend

8. The Best Buttermilk Substitutes

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The Best Buttermilk Substitutes, forgiving even on a rushed weeknight and a habit worth passing along to a friend

9. Homemade Cake Flour

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Homemade Cake Flour, a smarter kitchen shortcut, and a job that goes faster every time after the first

10. Avoid Batter Splatter

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Avoid Batter Splatter, flexible enough to work in a compact kitchen too and one less thing to dread doing later

11. DIY Homemade Oat Flour

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DIY Homemade Oat Flour, simple for a total beginner to get right the first time and a routine that finally sticks

12. Avoid Cheesecake Surface Cracking

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Avoid Cheesecake Surface Cracking, a smarter kitchen shortcut, and a job that goes faster every time after the first

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Decorate A Birthday Cake Using Cookie Cutter, fast to set up with almost no extra effort and a routine that finally sticks

15. Clean And Easy Batter Scooping

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Clean And Easy Batter Scooping, built from items already sitting in most kitchen drawers and a routine that finally sticks

16. Lace Stenciled Cupcakes

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Lace Stenciled Cupcakes, a smarter kitchen shortcut, simple enough to remember without writing it down

17. Make Your Own Buttermilk

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Make Your Own Buttermilk, budget friendly next to buying a single use gadget and a habit worth passing along to a friend

18. Ziplock Bag Buttercream Frosting

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Ziplock Bag Buttercream Frosting, fast to set up with almost no extra effort and a habit worth passing along to a friend

20. Quickly Bring Eggs to Room Temperature

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Quickly Bring Eggs to Room Temperature, a smarter kitchen shortcut, forgiving even on a rushed weeknight

21. Bake With Alcohol

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Bake With Alcohol, easy to repeat once it becomes second nature and a small change with a genuinely bigger payoff

22. Homemade Powdered Sugar

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Homemade Powdered Sugar, flexible enough to work in a compact kitchen too and one less thing to dread doing later

23. Store Cupcake Liners In Mason Jar

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Store Cupcake Liners In Mason Jar, a smarter kitchen shortcut, simple for a total beginner to get right the first time

24. Make Perfectly Domed Cupcakes

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Make Perfectly Domed Cupcakes, quick to clean up once the task is finished and a shortcut worth remembering for good

25. Swirl Colored Icing for Cupcakes

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Swirl Colored Icing for Cupcakes, quick enough to use the very next time it comes up and one less thing to dread doing later

26. Use Cheese Grater To Salvage Burnt Cookies

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Use Cheese Grater To Salvage Burnt Cookies, a smarter kitchen shortcut, and results that beat the slower old method

27. Royal Icing For Cookies

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Royal Icing For Cookies, simple enough to remember without writing it down and a step that saves real time down the road

28. Use Balloon To Make Chocolate Cups

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Use Balloon To Make Chocolate Cups, budget friendly next to buying a single use gadget and a routine that finally sticks

30. Turn Honeycomb Into Chocolate

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Turn Honeycomb Into Chocolate, a smarter kitchen shortcut, and a fix that solves a problem most people just live with

31. Homemade Vanilla Extract

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Homemade Vanilla Extract, forgiving even on a rushed weeknight and a habit worth passing along to a friend

31 Baking Hacks You’ll Wish You Knew Before Now