Tips on Baking
Baking results | Possible cause | Remedy |
The cake is not | Wrong shelf level | Place cake on a lower shelf |
browned enough at |
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the bottom |
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The cake sinks (be- | Oven temperature too high | Use a slightly lower tempera- |
comes soggy, lumpy, |
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streaky) | Baking time too short | Increase baking time |
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| Baking times cannot be re- |
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| duced by setting higher |
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| Too much liquid in the dough/ | Use less liquid |
| mixture | Pay attention to mixing |
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| times, especially if using |
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Cake is too dry | Oven temperature too low | Increase oven temperature |
| Baking time too long | Shorten baking time |
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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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