Questions about preparing or baking cakes - defined as chemically or egg risen flour batter.
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Looking for meat ingredient suggestions for a Yoghurt Cake recipe
I know the flavours of "meat" and "sweet" can sometimes go together well. There's a sausage and fennel (licorice sensation) pastry that I very much enjoy. That's the concept this question is based in. ...
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How can I avoid cakes to turn into jelly?
I am making cakes, and mostly chocolate cakes. But under certain conditions, instead of taking a nice bread texture (soft and with air bubbles), it turns into a kind of jelly (compact, a little bit ...
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How to get glacé icing right on a cake?
Edited: Made the question a little less rambling.
I always thought that icing a cake was a pretty simple process. And then I tried to actually do it. Oh boy, how wrong I was!
It sounds simple ...
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How to stop a sponge cake (chiffon cake) from deflating/sinking?
Beating of the whites is perfected.
When folding in the cake mixture and the egg whites is there a specific technique?
I place in about 1/3, fold, 1/3, fold, and the rest using a spatula, and turn ...
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Should a Pound Cake be stored in the fridge or the freezer?
After cooking a pound cake, should I place it in the freezer or in the refrigerator?
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Adjusting baking time and temp for small cupcakes? [duplicate]
Is there a good rule of thumb for adjusting temp and time when using batter from a cake recipe in cupcakes, especially very small bite size cupcakes?
I will be using a gingerbread cake batter that ...
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Do I have to use butter in a “butter yellow cake?”
My boyfriend wasn't looking at the store and picked up a "Butter yellow" cake mix instead of "Golden Yellow." Do we have to make it with butter or can we just leave it out and just use oil instead? Or ...
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What kind of stabilizers can I use when making souffles, Japanese cheesecake or egg beaten products?
I would like to know more about effective stabilizers for egg-based cakes and similar dishes. I've heard that some people use gelatine, but wouldn't that make the cake ( Japanese cheesecake) have a ...
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How to make a frothy icing?
I bought a tin of ready-made chocolate icing from the super market. But it's very dense and viscous while I prefer the more airy kind of icing the cakes from the bakery have. Can I do something to ...
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Jam Rolly-polly
Today I made for the first time a jam rolly-polly. It is very tasty (if I do say so myself) and perfectly edible, however while it was cooking, the top layer split and did not rise.
Can anyone ...
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best chocolate for ganache? [closed]
I've made ganache with all sorts of chocolate, and am always looking for the best chocolate I can find for the most reasonable price. Could people please give me their (milk chocolate) ...
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Why does my cake rise more in the center? [duplicate]
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How do you make a cake lift equally and minimize doming?
I recently started baking and my cakes always seem to rise more in the center, creating a sort of bump. It has ...
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Why is my pumpkin pie filling separating from my cake mix?
I decided to mix pumpkin pie filling into a mixture of spice cake mix. I mixed the filling in well and in every try, the filling stays in the middle, with the cake moving to the outside.
I am ...
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Is it a myth or a fact that mixing cake/muffin batter too finely can lead to a hard finally baked cake/muffin? [duplicate]
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Over-stirring muffin mixtures
From here: http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/bakingdesserts/r/plainmuffins.htm
The key to making great muffins is not overmixing the ...
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How to keep the surface of the cake from splitting? [duplicate]
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How do you make a cake lift equally and minimize doming?
Or is it natural for it to happen because the top layer has expanded? what should I do if I wanted to make an ...
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Why can soda be used as a substitute for eggs when using a boxed cake mix?
When making a cake from a box mix, I see that soda can be used instead of eggs and oil. What is the science behind this, and what are the properties of oil and eggs that the soda is replacing?
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Adjusting the baking time for large cakes?
How long should I bake a 13" (330 mm) sponge cake?
Which gas mark should I use?
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What is an easy way to turn a heavy-ish cake?
I don't have a metal cake pan. I bake my normal cakes and cake layers in a pan with a glass bottom and silicone walls, and cakes which can be expected to leak in a porcelain quiche pan.
Sadly, my ...
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Do rice cookers bake good cakes?
The new rice cooker I bought shows that it can bake a cake--like a sponge cake--in a rice cooker. I have also read that cakes turn out misshapen when made in a rice cooker. I've never baked a cake ...
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My cake crumbled on the top and took very long time to cook
This time I didn't have much white sugar, so I added half cup brown and half cup white sugar to my carrot cake.
I observed that the cake crumbled on the top with large cracks, and took very long time ...
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How can I harden the centre of a partly cooked christmas cake
My christmas cake has been baked for the correct time as per recipe but the centre has remained soft whilst the outside is hard. Would a period in a microwave finish the centre without ruining the ...
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Can you substitute butter in a box cake recipe that calls for oil? [duplicate]
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Conversion rule: how to switch oil and butter?
Most box cake mixes call for adding oil and water. What would be the effect of using butter instead of oil, and what ratio ...
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Mug-cake mix at home
I would like to make my own mix for "mug cake" -- that is to say, prepackaged instant cake mix you dump into a mug, add liquid, and microwave.
1) Is there anything special about mug cake that makes ...
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How do I get the flaky top on ooey gooey butter bars?
I'm making Paula Deen's Ooey Gooey Butter Bars (also known as Ooey Gooey Butter Cake) for holiday goodie baskets. I'm having trouble getting the top to be flaky like it is on the bars sold at the ...
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Dangers to continuing to cook an unfinished torte?
I made the mistake of assuming a torte would be done when the timer went off. I removed it from the oven and turned off the heat. Forty minutes later I discovered my error. Is it safe to reheat the ...
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What to do with the left over cake? [closed]
I have just been cutting my cake into the right shape and size but there is a lot of left over cake. I don't want to throw it away and unfortunately, I don't have a sweet tooth either. I hate wasting ...
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How can i made a simple choclate cake without egg [closed]
I want to made the cake for my wife but i don't know which type of material i use and then how can i made this. I want to give a surprise to her. So please guide me
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How do I make cake batter from scratch without butter?
I need to make a cake, but I don't have butter, I could go buy some, but I don't have time because i need to do this cake right now and finish it in an hour so i can give it to someone.
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Can these settings bake a cake?
I've tried baking so many times with this kind of oven settings but they never work. The exterior of the cake looks fine, but when cut opened, they look as if they were never cooked.
The oven doesn't ...
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Is there a cake similar to Black Forest but made with strawberries/citrus?
Once while overseas, I had a cake with the following properties:
It had a French name, if I recall, and the cake was bought in Italy, so I tend to think the cake has a name beyond a description of ...
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how many kWs does it take to bake a cake? [closed]
I am looking to set up a cake delivery business and I am creating a break even for it to educate me about the costs it would entail. However, I have no idea how many kWs it takes to bake a cake. Can ...
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Which are recipes for “rolled fondant”? [closed]
I'm looking for recipe about rolled fondant for cake decoration.
I tried to search for it thought questions inside stackexchange, but i found nothing about (i'm probably non good researcher in ...
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How to unbake a cake? [closed]
I baked a cake and realized I added 1 less egg than I suppose to. I like to unbake the cake and add the egg. Then I like to bake it again. Please help. Thanks in advance.
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