Baking is considered to be one of the
hardest forms of food preparation. It requires attention to quantity and
timing, and even the way you prepare the mix affects the outcome. Don’t
let that daunt you, these 18 baking tricks will make your life easier.
1. Use lace and powdered sugar instead of icing
2. Bake cookies in muffin tin
3. Use wine bottle if you don't have rolling pin 
4. Bake bananas to hasten their ripening
Preheat the oven to 300°f (150°c) and bake for 30-40 minutes.
5. You can use Jell-O as a food coloring substitute
6. Use a condiment dispenser for muffin batter
Also works for pancakes.
7. Lemon juice + milk = buttermilk
8. Fry bisquits to turn them into donuts
Make sure it's "Texas Style" biscuits.9. Use ice cream and flour to make an easy cake
The trick - you need the "Cake Batter" ice cream.
10. Make a chocolate-chip muffin in the microwave
11. Use a jar to whip cream
Put cream in a jar, seal lid, shake like there's no tomorrow.
12. Mason jar lids can replace a muffin tin
13. A plastic bag in a glass makes a mess-free piping bag
14. Bake cinnamon rolls in a waffle iron
You can use a waffle iron for much more.
15. Use parchment paper for mess-free baking
16. Heart-shaped muffins? Don't lose your marbles
17. Heat up citrus in the microwave for easy juicing
18. Quickly soften butter with a drinking glass
Invert a warm glass over the cold butter, it will soon become soft enough to spread !
Invert a warm glass over the cold butter, it will soon become soft enough to spread !