9 cake baking mistakes you don’t know you were making

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9 Cake Baking Mistakes You Don’t Know You Were Making

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9 Cake Baking Mistakes You Don’t Know You Were Making

9 Cake Baking Mistakes You Don’t Know You Were Making

I have been asked over and over again by new bakers why their cake is flat, why it tastes different each time they bake it and many more similar questions. Hence I decided to put together “ 9 Baking mistakes you don’t know you were making”. I hope this helps you to look at the obvious and enhance your baking experience. Happy Baking …

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Go Through The Recipe Thoroughly

• Now you may say that this is obvious. Everyone would read the recipe before preparing for baking. But we recommend not just reading but going through it very carefully. It is like a grammar test; get the right meaning of the punctuations in the recipe.

• For E.g.: “1 cup of walnuts, chopped” is different from “1cup of chopped walnuts”. You see!

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Check The Temperature Of Your Ingredients

• Not Waiting for the Butter or Eggs to Come to Room Temperature, or melting it by slightly heating is not gonna work, be cautious as using them cold from the fridge or softened from the microwave can ruin your cakes. Room temperature butter and egg are very crucial to the creaming process (with sugar) that provides the fluffy and tender texture to the baked goods.

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Check If They Are Fresh And Not Expired

• Check the expiration date on your Baking soda, Baking powder, yeast, etc., if you want your cake to rise properly. Use fresh and good quality ingredients as cheap ingredients may be great for the pockets but not where taste matters.

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Measure Accurately

• If you do not measure your ingredients well, it will make your baking a bit difficult for you. For example, if you take too much flour that could turn out your cake into a hard form. Therefore, you have to be very careful in measuring all your ingredients are in exact proportion before you mix them for baking.

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Check The Temperature Of Your Oven

• When baking, it’s important for the oven to be at the right temperature before you put anything in it.. so don’t forget to preheat your oven. Do not trust your oven temperature on what it shows, those displays aren’t 100% accurate. Instead use an oven thermometer to ensure accurate heating. Ovens also have hot spots, so get to know where those things are and rotate as needed.

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Under/Over Mixing The Batter

• Over beating the cake batter may fall and make it tough, or have a cracked crust; under-beating the cake may bake unevenly, have tunnels and holes, or even have a wet texture. If a light and fluffy baked cake is what you’re after, keep gently beating until all ingredients have been incorporated; no more, no less.

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Pick A Correct Baking Pot

• We're not done with baking just yet! It is very important to choose a correct baking pot for your cake to come out at its best. I suggest getting your cake baked in an aluminum pan.

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Have Patience Don’t Open Your Oven Often

• This is especially for the very curious ones who can’t resist checking the oven too many times! Opening the oven door releases enough hot air to change the oven temperature, which can be the cause for an undercooked or unevenly baked cake.

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Cake Is Ready! Wait! Let It Cool.

• Now once all has come out well don’t rush to get a bite of what and how the cake has turn out, let it cool down completely. Here’s what you should do, Let it sit in the pan until the top feels firm for approximately 20 minutes and then transfer it to a cooling rack and let it cool to a room temperature. Don’t you put it in the fridge to try to speed up the cooling process

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I hope these tips were of some use and you will remember them when baking your next

cake..don’t forget to leave a comment or share your baking experience with us.

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