The Biggest Mistakes You're Making While Baking - Tasting Table

We get it. After you spend so long on a baking project, the second it comes out of the oven, you'll want to move onto the next step, whether that's slicing into your loaf of bread or putting the icing on the cake you worked so hard on. And while that urge is understandable, it doesn't mean you should give into it. Why? Because when you don't let your baked goods rest and cool after they come out of the oven, you could run into some problems.

For example, cookies can be super-delicate when they first come out of the oven, which means you don't want to try to move them off their sheet right away if you want them to stay intact. Additionally, trying to put frosting on a cake or cupcakes when they're too warm will result in melted, unappetizing frosting that nobody will want. And you can completely ruin the texture of bread simply by slicing into the loaf too soon.

While you don't have to let your baked goods cool completely, give them a few minutes to release some of that heat before you dig in. After all, we're sure that anything you're making is worth the wait.