9 Cake Baking Mistakes You Don’t Know You Were Making

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9 Cake Baking Mistakes You Dont Know You Were
Making
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9 Cake Baking Mistakes You Dont Know You Were
Making

• I have been asked over and over again by new
  bakers why their cake is flat, why it tastes
  different each time they bake it and many more
  similar questions. Hence I decided to put
  together 9 Baking mistakes you dont know you
  were making. I hope this helps you to look at
  the obvious and enhance your baking experience.
  Happy Baking

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Go Through The Recipe Thoroughly

• Now you may say that this is obvious. Everyone
  would read the recipe before preparing for
  baking. But we recommend not just reading but
  going through it very carefully. It is like a
  grammar test get the right meaning of the
  punctuations in the recipe.
• For E.g. 1 cup of walnuts, chopped is
  different from 1cup of chopped walnuts. You see!

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Check The Temperature Of Your Ingredients

• Not Waiting for the Butter or Eggs to Come to
  Room Temperature, or melting it by slightly
  heating is not gonna work, be cautious as using
  them cold from the fridge or softened from the
  microwave can ruin your cakes. Room temperature
  butter and egg are very crucial to the creaming
  process (with sugar) that provides the fluffy and
  tender texture to the baked goods.

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Check If They Are Fresh And Not Expired

• Check the expiration date on your Baking soda,
  Baking powder, yeast, etc., if you want your cake
  to rise properly. Use fresh and good quality
  ingredients as cheap ingredients may be great for
  the pockets but not where taste matters.

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Measure Accurately

• If you do not measure your ingredients well, it
  will make your baking a bit difficult for you.
  For example, if you take too much flour that
  could turn out your cake into a hard form.
  Therefore, you have to be very careful in
  measuring all your ingredients are in exact
  proportion before you mix them for baking.

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Check The Temperature Of Your Oven

• When baking, its important for the oven to be at
  the right temperature before you put anything in
  it.. so dont forget to preheat your oven. Do not
  trust your oven temperature on what it shows,
  those displays arent 100 accurate. Instead use
  an oven thermometer to ensure accurate heating.
  Ovens also have hot spots, so get to know where
  those things are and rotate as needed.

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Under/Over Mixing The Batter

• Over beating the cake batter may fall and make it
  tough, or have a cracked crust under-beating the
  cake may bake unevenly, have tunnels and holes,
  or even have a wet texture. If a light and fluffy
  baked cake is what youre after, keep gently
  beating until all ingredients have been
  incorporated no more, no less.

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Pick A Correct Baking Pot

• We're not done with baking just yet! It is very
  important to choose a correct baking pot for your
  cake to come out at its best. I suggest getting
  your cake baked in an aluminum pan.

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Have Patience Dont Open Your Oven Often

• This is especially for the very curious ones who
  cant resist checking the oven too many times!
  Opening the oven door releases enough hot air to
  change the oven temperature, which can be the
  cause for an undercooked or unevenly baked cake.

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Cake Is Ready! Wait! Let It Cool.

• Now once all has come out well dont rush to get
  a bite of what and how the cake has turn out, let
  it cool down completely. Heres what you should
  do, Let it sit in the pan until the top feels
  firm for approximately 20 minutes and then
  transfer it to a cooling rack and let it cool to
  a room temperature. Dont you put it in the
  fridge to try to speed up the cooling process ?

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• I hope these tips were of some use and you will
  remember them when baking your next cake..dont
  forget to leave a comment or share your baking
  experience with us.

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