Tips on Baking

Baking results

Possible cause

Remedy

The cake is not

Wrong shelf level

Place cake on a lower shelf

browned enough at

 

 

the bottom

 

 

The cake sinks (be-

Oven temperature too high

Use a slightly lower tempera-

comes soggy, lumpy,

 

ture setting

streaky)

Baking time too short

Increase baking time

 

 

 

Baking times cannot be re-

 

 

duced by setting higher

 

 

temperatures

 

Too much liquid in the dough/

Use less liquid

 

mixture

Pay attention to mixing

 

 

times, especially if using

 

 

mixing machines

Cake is too dry

Oven temperature too low

Increase oven temperature

 

Baking time too long

Shorten baking time

 

 

 

Cake browns unevenly

Oven temperature too high

Set a lower temperature and

 

and baking time too short

increase baking time

 

Dough/mixture is unevenly dis-

Spread the dough/mixture

 

tributed

evenly on the baking tray

Cake is not cooked

Temperature too low

Use a slightly higher temper-

within the baking

 

ature setting

time set

 

 

 

 

 

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