Common Baking Mistakes

Not Doing “Mis En Place”. Mis en Place is a French term means to put everything on place. If you are new in baking then I recommend doing the Mis En Place for you to avoid missing ingredients you need in your mixture. Remember in baking all of your Ingredients should be complete and weight exactly according to recipe.

Not Reading and analyzing the recipe. You have to analyze the procedure as well as the ingredients to avoid unpleasant mistakes. Remember there is science in baking that can create a disaster if you do not have idea with the Ingredients.

Ingredients substitutions. Again there is science in baking do not substitute baking powder in baking soda because they are different in acidity level same with milk and buttermilk.

Oven not Pre Heated. If your baking a sponge cake, muffins or cupcakes. It’s ok if you forgot to pre heat. But if your baking breads and it already risen and proof and you forgot to pre heat, it will results in over proof breads and it will ruin it.

Oven not in right Temp. Each recipe needs a right temperature. In breads for example breads with high sugar content should have a temp raging from 170-180 but for artisans bread with no sugar at all should have in high temp from 220-240. Remember to check your oven door  are closed to achieve the desired temperature and avoid opening often during baking

Forgot to set the timer. Right baking time is important to avoid under bake or burnt baked products.

Wrong choice of flour. Remember that APF, Cake flour, Bread Flour as well as gluten Free Flour is different to each other. They are made base on how they use. They contain different protein percentage needed in specific recipe.

Not sifting your Flour. Sifted flour is lighter than unsifted. It will help you mix well your batter or dough.

Dead yeast. Yeast is a live microorganism use for bread making to able to rise the dough. To test if the yeast is fresh. Put some 3TBSP lukewarm water in bowl and dash some sugar and 1tsp yeast wait until it form bubbles.

Not greasing your baking pans properly. This is common mistakes that you should never forget to do to avoid sticking your baked products in baking sheets or pans.

Butter not in room temp. butter should always in room temp to mix well with the Ingredients. This is a common mistakes in baking resulting in over mixed batter or dough.