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Why did a receipe call for pouring boiling butter in egg-whites?
I made a sponge cake using a receipe from an old cookbook and at one point it told me to melt and boil butter and pour the boiling butter into beaten egg-whites, let sit for a minute and then mix ...
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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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Is it bad if a sponge cake sits out for a couple hours before cooking?
I am making cupcakes and was wondering if it is okay if you leave the batter out for a couple hours before cooking.
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Commercial Sponge Cake Improver?
Many years ago (35+) my grandmother received a container of a 'sponge cake improver' from a family member whom was a commercial baker.
She describes it as looking like a thick amber liquid or paste.
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Correct way to join two halves of sponge cake?
When you join two halves of sponge cake (as in this photo) which way round are you supposed to do it? The instructions I've used seem to assume what comes out of your two cake tins are two fairly ...
