It is April and April is Birthday Time in my family.
Josh and Sylvia have birthdays along with my Mom, Mother-in-law, 2 sisters, a brother, a niece, a nephew and a a great nephew .
So, the thought of birthday cakes comes to mind! I have always thought that how they came out was something of a crap shoot - NOT SO! In a lovely old church school cookbook, I found some great recipes. Which I am putting in separate posts. But what I thought was the real find was the following list of common problems and the reason why.
What a great find!
I don't bake a lot of cakes but when I do I want them to turn out.
Cake Failure?
What Happened?
Cake too brown
1. Baked too long
2. Oven too hot
3. Too much sugar
Not brown enough
1. Too big a pan
2. Too little baking powder or inactive baking powder
3. Not baked enough
4. Too little sugar
Holes in cake
1. Too little mixing
2. Too little liquid or shortening
3. Too cool in oven
Crumbly texture
1. Too little mixing
2. Too much shortening or sugar
Dry cake
1. Too little shortening or sugar
2. Too much baking powder
3. Over baked
Heavy cake
1. Too much shortening or liquid
2. Wrong proportions of sugar and flour
Cake humped or cracked in the center
1. Too hot an oven
2. Too much flour
3. Or a combination of the above
Sticky (?)
1. Too much sugar or shortening
2. Under baked
Cake falls
1. Under baked
2. Substituting self rising flour and not reducing leavening
What Happened?
Cake too brown
1. Baked too long
2. Oven too hot
3. Too much sugar
Not brown enough
1. Too big a pan
2. Too little baking powder or inactive baking powder
3. Not baked enough
4. Too little sugar
Holes in cake
1. Too little mixing
2. Too little liquid or shortening
3. Too cool in oven
Crumbly texture
1. Too little mixing
2. Too much shortening or sugar
Dry cake
1. Too little shortening or sugar
2. Too much baking powder
3. Over baked
Heavy cake
1. Too much shortening or liquid
2. Wrong proportions of sugar and flour
Cake humped or cracked in the center
1. Too hot an oven
2. Too much flour
3. Or a combination of the above
Sticky (?)
1. Too much sugar or shortening
2. Under baked
Cake falls
1. Under baked
2. Substituting self rising flour and not reducing leavening
Food Wonders Common and Simple, Fort Wayne Christian School
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