How many times have you woken up with excitement to bake a nice cake and it turns out to be a sunken disappointment? You probably wonder why it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But actually, there are many reasons behind those failures. Let’s not be discouraged – continue reading to find out more about the most common baking mistakes that you should avoid at all costs!
Cake Is Dry
Why It Happens:
- Too much flour or;
- Too little butter and/or eggs
How To Fix:
- Use a measuring cup to measure the correct amount of ingredients or;
- Use a digital scale to measure ingredients for accuracy
Cracked Cake
Why It Happens:
- Oven temperature too high or;
- Mould too small
How To Fix:
- Use correct size for the mould
- Avoid opening and closing the oven door too much
Cake Turns Into Bread
Why It Happens:
- Using the wrong type of flour or leavening
- Incorrect measurement of butter, margarine, or sugar
How To Fix:
- Leavened with baking soda or baking powder, not yeast
- Measure all ingredients with a measuring cup or electric scale
Cake With Soggy Edges
Why It Happens:
- The cake is not removed from the pan soon enough to let it cool
How To Fix:
- Remove the cake from the mould and let it cool on a cooling rack
Cake Is Too Dense
Why It Happens:
- Too much liquid, sugar, or leavening agent in the mixture
- Insufficient air content when eggs and sugar are beaten
- Over-mixed the mixture
How To Fix:
- Don’t over-beat or whisk when adding your ingredients
- Opt for the right flour and the right amount
Flat Cake/ Cake Didn’t Rise
Why It Happens:
- Baking powder has expired
- Using an oversized pan
- Over whisked the batter
How To Fix:
- Remember to add baking powder
- Use the right size for the baking tin
- Don’t over whisk
Greasy Cake
Why It Happens:
- Too much butter or fat is used to coat the cake tin
- Butter is too soft before adding into the batter
How To Fix:
- Measure out the butter carefully
- Keep the butter at a good temperature
Cake Got Stuck In The Pan
Why It Happens:
- You didn’t grease your mould
How To Fix:
- Properly grease your pan, or line it with parchment paper
- Cut the parchment paper to fit the pan size
Hard Cake
Why It Happens:
- Too much wheat flour is used
- Not enough wet ingredients
- The cake is overcooked
How To Fix:
- Make sure to beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy before adding the flour
- Don’t overcook the cake
Uneven Cake
Why It Happens:
- Setting the wrong temperature
How To Fix:
- Rotate the mould a few times while baking
- Whisk the flour properly before adding in the wet ingredients
Wet On The Bottom
Why It Happens:
- Too many wet ingredients
- The cake didn’t being removed from the pan for cooling
How To Fix:
- Line a parchment paper at the bottom of the mould
- Remove the cake quickly for cooling
Overflowed Cake
Why It Happens:
- The tins are too small or too shallow
- You fill too much batter into the tin
- Too much raising agent in the cake batter.
How To Fix:
- Fill the batter to only 2/3 full of the tin
- Place a baking sheet under your pan to catch any overflow
Cake’s Crust Too Hard
Why It Happens:
- Over greasing and flouring cake pans
- Too much sugar in the recipe
- Over baked the cake
How To Fix:
- Avoid greasing the pan with too much oil
Cake Sunk In The Middle
Why It Happens:
- You open the door too much before the cake has set
- Using too much leavener
- The mixture sit out too long before baking
How To Fix:
- Avoid opening and closing the oven too often
- The batter should go into the oven as soon as it has done mixing.
Holes In The cake
Why It Happens:
- Overbeating when the flour is added
How To Fix:
- Preheat the oven before putting your batter in
- Avoid overmixing
- Lightly tap them on the counter before placing them into the oven
Are You Making These Baking Mistakes?
Now that you have some ideas on these common mistakes make sure to not repeat them. Baking is similar to scientific processes therefore, make sure to follow the recipe and add in ingredients accordingly. Skipping some of the smallest steps may fail your baking effort.
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