Questions tagged [cake]
Questions about preparing or baking cakes, defined as chemically or mechanically (using eggs) leavened flour batter.
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Why is my cake rising sideways while baking?
Here is what my cake looks like:
I'm using the following ingredients to make the cake:
1 egg
wheat flour
milk
some kind of flavour essence like vanilla essence
pinch of baking powder
pinch of baking ...
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How to avoid holes in Chiffon cake?
I have recently baked a couple of chiffon cakes, overall I'm happy with the bake - the structure and flavor are very good. However I have a recurring issue with large holes in the sponge, see the ...
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What does 100 grams of something look like? [closed]
Is there any website, diagram or something that I could find that depicts how much a thing weighs, what that quantity looks like and how much calories it has?
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Help on understanding frosting
A couple of disclaimers:
I know there are a number of websites already devoted to this; I needed to ask for clarification because the info out there does not help me understand how they taste
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Can I coat a very soft cake with royal icing before I cover with fondant?
Im preparing a very soft tender cake for covering with fondant. I need it to be really smooth but I also don't want the icing to be too heavy on the cake. I'm not familiar with ganache can I use a ...
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Icing a cake with meringue: can it be done in advance?
I have an event this Saturday for which I'm preparing a layered cake to take.
I was planning to ice it with meringue (Italian, for best stability) and then torching it.
The event begins in the morning,...
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Creaming butter seperately on its own, then adding the sugar and beating them together vs simply creaming butter and sugar together (the regular way)?
Would there be any difference in the end result? Usually you beat both the sugar and butter together but what if you instead, were to start by creaming the butter on its own at first, then adding ...
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Cake without baking powder made 2 layers in a cake. Why?
Yesterday I baked a chocolate cake. Fifteen minutes after it went in the oven I realised I'd left out the baking powder, so I quickly made another one, this one with baking powder.
This cake recipe ...
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Is it possible to cream clarified butter with sugar? Will it have the same benefits as shortening and oil?
Is it really possible to cream clarified butter? And considering that clarified butter is 100% fat, am I correct in assuming you'd get the taste of butter and also the leavening benefits of shortening ...
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Collapsing, dense pound cake
I’ve been trying a UK recipe that worked for me last year (I live in Canada). It’s a simple:
220g butter
220g caster sugar
4 eggs (220g weight in shells)
220g self raising flour
lemon zest
3-4 tbsp ...
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Cupcake Papers Peeling away
I've been making cupcakes for a long time with the same recipe and same brand of paper liners but recently my cupcake papers are pulling away from the baked cake shortly after they cool at room ...
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Is there a difference in the end result between using mechanical leaveners vs chemical leaveners in a cake?
Are they interchangeable? E.g. could you replace whipped egg whites in an angel food cake with enough baking powder/soda and end up with similar results? Or in a butter cake, replace the creamed ...
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How can I soak cake in cheese?
I can make cheesecake and I can make cake, but it occurred to me recently that cheesecake isn't cake soaked in cheese, Ala tres leches.
So, is it possible to get cheese liquefied enough to be able to ...
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How to get the effect of gluten in gluten free baking
I've been baking gluten-free cakes and in order to get something akin to a regular cake - light instead of heavy - I've been essentially making a sponge cake by making a light meringue and folding the ...
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Why did my rum cake turn black?
A friend baked a rum cake for me. She baked it in an aluminum pan. The cake was soaking in rum. Overnight the cake turned BLACK. I suspect this is a chemical reaction, but cannot find information ...
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What are the Purposes of the Types of Meringue that are used for Pastry?
i have seen a lot of recipes, which calls french meringue mostly in spongy cakes in the japanese cheesecake for example and other cake recipes, but for the decoration and filling of them are used ...
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How to thicken a sour cream-based pastry cream?
I did some research, but can't find the answer to my problem: I need to thicken the cream that I am making for my layered cake. The cream is made of sour cream and sweetened condensed milk. The cream, ...
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Why is syrup added to a cake before frosting?
Why is syrup added to the inside of a cake before frosting? Maybe the cream sticks better with each layer of cake?
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Gluten-free Carrot Cake batter mixed with normal Carrot Cake batter
Yesterday I wanted to make 2 small carrot cakes (1 gluten-free for a celiac friend, and a regular one). For the gluten-free one, I literally just swapped regular wheat flour for corn flour (same ...
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Fully submerged water bath for stove top baking?
So normally, stove top cooking never results in all around heat like in an oven but what if you were to submerge (underwater bath instead of just around the sides) a dish in simmering water and then ...
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Why would the exterior of a cake cook and not the interior?
I attempted to make the blueberry corn cake from "All About Cake" by Christina Tosi, and for both layers, the top of the cake got rock solid and started to collapse down, but the inside of the cake ...
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Sourdough starter with milk vs just using regular starter and adding milk separately?
How much of a difference would it make to the final product and which one would be the better choice for any enriched sourdough breads/pastries/cakes etc? And by "regular starter" I mean the normal ...
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How long does it take a hot oven to become cold [closed]
The recipe calls for a cold oven and I something baking in the oven on 450. How long will it take to for it to be cold again?
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How to make a good looking cake with a mountain like shape? [duplicate]
Generally speaking, and not specifying any particular recipe, why does my cake have a small dome on top, while the chef's recipe looks like this:
The dome on top looks like a mountain, with a good ...
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How to achieve a super leavened cake as the Pierre Herme ones?
I made several cakes in my life. I know the difference between different leavening agents. I know that low temperature tends to make flatter cakes, but I never could get this kind of shape. If I use a ...
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Sponge Cake vs (UK) Angel Cake: what's the difference
Having made various random cakes over the years, I'm trying to get my head around what I'm actually doing, so I can experiment a little I suppose.
Now, a pound cake is butter+sugar, then eggs, then ...
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Once mixed, how long is cake batter good when refrigerated?
After using a cake mix to bake in a lamb shaped form, I have batter left over. How long can I keep it refrigerated (not frozen) and still combine it with another cake mix batter -- and have the second ...
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Fixing a dry cake batter
I made a chocolate cake batter last night to test for my sons birthday cake. I made a batch of cupcakes with it to test it and it came out dry. Now I’m not sure if it’s from over baking or something ...
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Chocolate cake baked from recipe is too delicate/fragile
I tried baking a chocolate espresso cake from this recipe. The idea was to produce a cake that could be used for a layered cake, similar to the entire recipe itself.
I baked a single layer as a test, ...
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What is the upper limit of cake pan size before I definitely need a tube cake pan of angel food cake?
I am actually making a giant cupcake and I have a paper mold that is about 6.5 inches and 7 inches high. I am completely familiar with the mechanics of how angel food cakes and chiffons work, I just ...
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Eggy cake with less egg is dry: what next?
I'm working to a pretty standard recipe for cake (s.r. flour, butter, sugar, egg, flavours, etc), and it comes out too eggy.
I can usually make a sponge without faff but to do that I use a different ...
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Determining Bundt pan size when recipe gives a loaf tin size
What size Bundt pan do I need for a pound cake that is supposed to be baked in a 9 by 5 loaf tin ? I have a Bundt pan (never used one before) that holds 8 cups of water.
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Why is gluten-free baking possible?
Maybe a silly question, but I've been trying to learn a lot of baking fundamentals and trying to understand specifically what makes a cake. Most explanations I've read are something along the lines of:...
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Preparing as much as possible of a cake in advance
It's my girlfriend's birthday this WE and I plan on secretly preparing a cake she likes. However, we'll be in the countryside with friends this WE, and I'll have very limited time to prepare on site ...
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How do I calculate an increase in pan sizes for a cake recipe?
How do I figure out what to increase in a cake recipe for bigger pan sizes? I have a cake recipe that uses two 8-inch round pans; how would I change the recipe to accommodate one 10-inch and one 14-...
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What is the difference between a lemon pound cake, a lemon loaf, and a lemon bread?
Cream Cheese Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake (http://www.thesugarcoatedcottage.com/cream-cheese-lemon-blueberry-pound-)
Lemon-lavender greek yogurt pound cake (http://www.bakeyourday.net/lemon-lavender-...
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What makes cake a Sponge Cake? And what doesn't?
I've been watching the Great British baking show and they refer to basically every cake as a sponge. I live in the USA and grew up in Australia. We just called cake, cake.
I know how to make a ...
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What would be considered thick milk in old recipe
I have a cake recipe from my Grandmother that calls for thick milk? Anyone know what this might be? Not sure of the cake name, handwriting is hard to read. Full recipe is 1 c sugar, 2 eggs, 1 c ...
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Less sweet / lower sugar alternative to icing?
When making a cake as a base line I usually halve the recommended sugar as I find it too sweet. Now I want to ice the cake for appearance and colour I notice that icing recipes are loaded with sugar. ...
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salamande(?): name of bread
Last weekend, I had a delicious bread, whose name was Sal-ra-man-d. Since English is not my native language, its name was written in non-english. It sounds like french. But I don't know its exact name....
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Can I bake 2 cakes at a time on 2 different shelves in my oven toaster grill?
I have a 45 liter capacity oven toaster grill, with 3 rack levels. Can I use the 2 shelves at a time, to bake 2 cakes simultaneously?
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the oil I put in cake mix is old
The oil I used in a cake mix was old & made the batter taste like old oil. Is there a salvage or is it ruined?
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Japanese Cotton Sponge Cake - How to stop collapsing?
I've recently found videos about Japanese "Cotton" Sponge Cake. (Possibly also called a 'Jiggly Cake'?) I've never had it, but I figured it looked good, so why not try it? All of the videos I have ...
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Will apricot Jam glaze affect the shelf life of Christmas fruitcake?
I am using a apricot jam glaze to decorate the top of a Christmas fruitcake (made using rum soaked dryfruits and fed with rum after baking). This kind of fruitcake really lasts long due to alcohol in ...
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How to get intended taste using baking powder instead of acid + baking soda?
A coffee cake recipe calls for using sour cream and baking soda. I understand that acid + baking soda is a leavening agent and you can use them as a substitute for baking powder. But I only have ...
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Plum cake recipe
After all its a Christmas month so I wanted to something different so tried to do plum cake. But that ended up really mess. I got the recipe from blog did some variations to that but the cake ended up ...
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Chocolate cake vs Brownies
I have heard people saying that brownies are simply a smaller version of chocolate cakes, is that so? If not, then what could be the differences between brownie and chocolate cake?
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Using baking strips vs. submerging in a water bath
I've just recently become aware of baking strips, which are strips of fabric submerged in water and wrapped around a baking pan to reduce the heat transfer to the sides of a cake, preventing the sides ...
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Can I make a cake with finely ground coffee instead of cocoa powder?
I used all my cocoa powder. Will it taste good if I use coffee instead? If anyone has done this before, please share your experiences and hints.
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How to make a cake sweeter without adding too much sugar into it?
How can make our cake much sweeter without adding too much sugar into it or what can we add in our cake instead of using too much sugar that make our cake sweet.
