The commonly used technique of baking is one of the most essential forms of cooking you could need. It involves the process of whipping ingredients like eggs, and milk, as well as creaming things like butter and sugar together to form a new consistency of food. Typically you would use ingredients like flour, butter, sugar, milk, eggs, and baking powder. When baking, the process involves cooking your food item in the oven for an extended period of time, and you usually cannot bake without cooking due to the type of ingredients used in the process. Typical food items created when baking are cookies, cakes, pies, and soufflé. When making certain dishes, you may be required to use a technique called sieve, which is where you would sift your flour or sugar through a sieve to make the ingredient finer and remove any lumps to avoid having an uneven mixture.
