I made a Coconut Cake yesterday and the recipe required sifting flour and powdered sugar. Kasey doesn’t have a sifter, so I decided to improvise. I used a strainer over a bowl and pushed the flour/sugar through the strainer with a wide spatula. It worked rather well.
If you need to sift something and don’t have a sifter, give something like this a try! 
Makeshift Sifter
Kati suggested I add this to Works for Me Wednesday. I’ve never done that before, but there’s always a first time for everything, right? Check out the Works for Me Wednesday blog for lots of other great ideas!
March 24, 2010 at 8:09 am |
I do the same thing!
March 24, 2010 at 8:25 am |
You should post this on Works for Me Wednesday!
http://www.wearethatfamily.com/2010/03/wfmw-making-easter-story-eggs.html
You’d have to add their link but that’s all.
March 24, 2010 at 2:41 pm |
This is precisely what I use to sift everything…and I bake a lot! Thankfully, mine is a little more comfortable- small, round with a handle.
March 25, 2010 at 7:48 am |
Yes…a smaller one would be nice, but I had to work with what I had.
Truthfully, I’d prefer a sifter, but the cake must go on. Happy baking!
April 12, 2010 at 1:34 pm |
GREAT idea!