With the help of a special (usually wooden, rarely porcelain) grinding stick with a ball-shaped end, a makitra can be used for creaming cake batter, eggs with sugar, buttercream, quark for cheese cake, and poppy seeds for kutia.
A makitra is often employed with the aid of a distinctive (usually wooden, rarely ceramic) grinding device having a rounded tip to combine ingredients like cake batter, eggs with sugar, buttercream, quark for cheesecakes, and poppy seeds for kutia.