Baking substitutes

In the world of cooking, baking is the most creative and technical way to cook your food. Baking is all about mixing a few ingredients together in a certain fixed quantity, leaving them in a hot box with high or low temperatures and waiting. But when the basic ingredients of baking like eggs, all purpose flour, baking powder etc. are not available, there is chaos everywhere because it is just impossible for most of us to use anything instead of plain old essential ingredients. So to keep such frustrating situations at bay, kluchit.com introduces you to some amazing substitutes of typical baking ingredients which you can use in times of emergency.

Baking powder:

2 tbsp cream of tarter + 1 tbsp baking soda + 1 tbsp corn starch.

Eggs:

1 – 1/4 cup of vegetable oil can be substituted for one egg only. (Don’t try this method for more than one egg. It will make the cake more oily and greasy.)

2 – 2 tbsp water + 1 tbsp oil (vegetable or corn oil) + 2 tbsp baking powder. Use this in place of one egg.

Butter milk:

Use one cup of plain yogurt instead of one cup of butter milk.

Cream:

Use 1/3 cup butter + 2/3 cup milk instead of 1 cup plain milk cream.

Sugar:

Instead of one cup of sugar you can use 1/4 cup of honey + 1/4 cup of flour.

Honey:

Use 1/4 cup of sugar + 1/4 cup of liquid instead of one cup of honey.

Unsweetened chocolate:

Instead of one oz of unsweetened chocolate use 4 tbsp cocoa powder + 1 tbsp butter.
Cream of tarter:

For 1 oz of cream of tarter use 2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice.

Butter:

For 1 cup butter you can use 7/8 cup vegetable oil + 1/2 tsp salt.

Cream:

Cream can be replaced with evaporated skim milk.

Corn syrup:

For one cup corn syrup you can use one cup sugar + 1/4 cup water.

Yogurt:

Instead of one cup plain yogurt you can use one cup sour milk or 1 cup butter milk.

Cream cheese:

The replacement of one cup cream cheese can be one cup plain yogurt, strained overnight.

Self-rising flour:

For one cup self rising flour you can use 7/8 cup all purpose flour + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp salt.

Gelatin:

One tbsp gelatin can be replaced by 2 tsp agar sugar.

The baking hacks described above will stop you from pulling your hair out while baking due to any missing ingredient. Compared to other methods of preparing food, baking needs more attention and focus. So relax, feel free and enhance the flavor of your taste buds!!