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In a recent episode of Pinas Sarap's live cooking show on Facebook, ECQusina, host Kara David encountered two problems while making her saging na saba cupcakes. Fortunately, she knows of easy baking hacks for them. Read on and find out what those are.

What to do if you ran out of powdered sugar or piping bags? / Source: Pexels

Being resourceful and creative are qualities of a great chef or baker as you won't always have the best equipment or ingredient available for use.

So, it's best to learn some foolproof cooking and baking hack from the expert so you'd know what to do should the need for it arise.

As mentioned earlier, Kara experienced two mini mishaps while making her saging na saba cupcake recipe. She didn't have powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar and piping bags available at home.

Good thing the Pinas Sarap host and culinary student is well-experienced and resourceful, so she was able to come up with two hacks or solutions right then and there.LINK:

DIY powdered sugar

If you forgot to buy powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar, you can make your own at home. All you'll need are one cup of white sugar and one tablespoon of cornstarch. You just have to mix together the two ingredients in a blender and voila! You'll have a home-made powdered sugar in no time.

Piping bags alternative

If you ran out of piping bags or forgot to buy some, you can use resealable plastic bags and simply put a hole at the tip of it. Be extra careful though when squeezing out icing or whatever ingredient or mixture you're working with, as the makeshift piping bag may get destroyed if you put too much in one go.

Watch Kara David make her saging na saba cupcakes and see how she does these baking hacks in the Pinas Sarap episode below.

There you have it, mga Kapuso. Quick and easy fixes for your baking woes, so you won't get stressed out when you encounter these challenges yourself. Happy baking!

If you want to catch ECQusina on Facebook, they go live every Thursday at 4 p.m. with Pinas Sarap host Kara David and with a celebrity guest every Friday at 4 p.m.

You can also watch their episodes on GMA News TV every Saturday at 7:45 p.m.

For more lifestyle content like this, head out to GMA's Lifestyle page.

You might also want to try Kara David's Pandesal Pudding recipe.