Cake Faults And Remedies 1 – Anaa's Baking Studio

Posted March 9, 2016 by Anaas Baking Studio 27091 views 0 comments 11 likes

Cake Faults And Remedies

Many a time cakes don’t turn out the way they should. There can be many underlying causes for the same. To make things simpler for you when you bake, I am listing the first half of the two-part series where I will put up an easy-to-comprehend chart with cake faults, causes and the remedy for each of those. This is just a guideline which will help you to troubleshoot. The recipe, the oven temperature and many such factors which can affect the cake baking are listed here. Hope you can use this chart as a reference and fix the problem you are facing in cake-making.

DEFECT	CAUSE	REMEDY
Layers Uneven /Uneven Cake	Batter spread unevenly Oven trays out of balance Cake tins warped	Spread batter evenly Adjust oven trays Do not use damaged tins
Cake peaks in the centre	Insufficient shortening Batter too stiff Too much oven top heat	Balance recipe Increase moisture or decrease flour content Adjust oven top heat
Cakes sag in the centre Poor symmetry	Excessive sugar in the cake Insufficient structure building materials Too much leavening Cold oven Cakes underbaked	Balance recipe Increase egg content and/or flour content Adjust the leavening Correct oven temperature Bake thoroughly
Undersized Cakes	Unbalanced cake recipe Oven too hot Oven too cold Improper mixing Cake tins too large for the batter size	Adjust cake recipe Check oven temperature Check oven temperature Mix properly Use a proper amount of batter
Dark Crust Colour	Oven too hot Too much top heat in the oven Too much sugar, too much milk solids	Use correct baking temperature Adjust top heat in the oven Check cake recipe
Light Crust Colour	Oven too cold Unbalanced recipe	Raise oven temperature Balance recipe

Perfect cakes aren’t difficult when you are armed with the preemptive knowledge of cake faults and their remedies!

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