Cake Faults And Remedies 2 – Anaa's Baking Studio
Cake Faults And Remedies 2

Cake Faults And Remedies 2

In the last blog, I shared some of the things that can go wrong while baking a cake and how to correct them to get a perfectly baked cake. This blog is a continuation of the same and I’m hoping by the end of this blog you guys will have all your baking-related queries answered!

DEFECT CAUSE REMEDY
Tough Cakes
  • Insufficient tenderizers
  • Flour content high
  • The wrong type of flour
  • Increase sugar or shortening or both
  • Balance recipe
  • Use correct flour
Thick hard crust
  • Oven too hot
  • Cakes baked for too long
  • Reduce oven temperature
  • Reduce baking time
Sticky crust
  • Sugar content too high
  • Improper mixing
  • Correct the sugar quantity
  • Use care in mixing
Soggy Crust
  • Cakes steam in cooling
  • Cakes wrapped while warm
  • Remove the cakes from the tin and cool on a rack
  • Cool cakes thoroughly before wrapping
Crust cracks
  • Oven too hot
  • Stiff batter
  • Reduce oven temperature
  • Adjust flour and liquid content
Heavy Cakes
  • Too much sugar
  • Too much shortening
  • Liquid content high
  • Insufficient leavening
  • Too much leavening
  • Cakes under-baked
  • Adjust the cake recipe
  • Bake properly
Cakes too crumbly and light
  • Batter over-creamed
  • Too much leavening
  • Shortening content too high
  • Avoid over mixing
  • Adjust the leavening
  • Adjust the shortening
Coarse grain
  • Leavening content very high
  • Curdled batter
  • Adjust leavening
  • Avoid adding too much liquids too rapidly while mixing

Baking doesn’t have to be stressful. With these simple tips and tricks, you too can bake excellent cakes.

Do send in pictures of your cakes. We will be more than happy to give you a shoutout on our social media.

If you have any other queries, ask away in the comments section below.
Happy Baking!

If you missed the previous blog, here’s a link to it CAKE FAULTS AND REMEDIES – PART 1

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