Baking is like magic.
A cup of flour, a speck of sugar, cubes of butter, spoons of baking powder and soda. Bits and bobs of raw ingredients somehow allow the end of the day to be either bitter or sweet. When it comes to baking, concentration is key. The faith of whether the end product would be good must be strong right from the beginning. If you decide that the cake you are going to make would not be as good as the recipe, then it would not be. However, it is not wrong to experiment with the amount. I am often chaotic and messy when it comes to handling yeast. And if the bread looks inedible to me, I make sure the next time, no more playing around. Similarly, how you treat every single ingredient whether its an egg or some chocolate chips, does matter. Try not to belittle the power of salt although the amount in cake recipes are minimal. It actually uplifts its flavour.
So how is baking like magic? The magic I'm talking here are those in the Fantasy World, whereby a raise of a wizard's wand can change a frog to a handsome prince. What?! Likewise, for bakers, they do '' magic '' through food. A mix of the chunk of ingredients with their spatula and whisk ( their wands ) transforms something out of nothing.
" A cake/bread out of some flour, eggs and butter?! Nah. "
In the oven, things react and bounces off each other. You cannot do anything but stare at it as it solidifies and expand. Each grain and every gap is filled. This is where magic occurs once again. *POOF*. Out comes pastries/cakes/bread/anythingyoucanthingof , and you indulge into haven. The only thing that differs Magic from baking - It is real. You can taste, smell, see and even hear everything that is happening in baking. It is not just a visual illusion. Magic makes people surprised, amazed, taken aback, impressed and lastly, happy. And through the flavours and the process of baking, it leaves people the same way it did as magic.
Enjoy baking! xx
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