Why Did This Happen??

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SJ169 Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:25pm
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I made the chocolate WASC cake and for some reason the side kind of collapsed. I have made the recipe before and havent had any issues. I made two cakes in a 6inch round pan, one of them i used bake even strips and the other i didnt and both cakes look like this..
has this ever happend to you??
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Caths_Cakes Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:38pm
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Im sorry, cant comment, just to give you a bump really,

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__Jamie__ Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:38pm
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No! Holy good God....what on earth? Looks like boiling magma bubbling up through rock! I am going to keep an eye on this thread, I want to know what could have caused that.

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SJ169 Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:40pm
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Holy good God....what on earth? Looks like boiling magma bubbling up through rock




LOL i know!! i dont get it!

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SJ169 Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:40pm
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Holy good God....what on earth? Looks like boiling magma bubbling up through rock




LOL i know!! i dont get it!

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__Jamie__ Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:44pm
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All I can think of, is that your oven went violently haywire sometime about halfway through the baking. Like the temp spiked dramatically, and caused the uncooked batter to bubble and rise real fast, and break through the already baked edges and firm top. I don't know. Very odd.

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all4cake Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:46pm
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when I first opened the thread, the photo came into view...I thought(briefly) it was a turd!

I don't know but my first guess would be that the pan was too full and the oven temp was a bit high(a bit high for an overfull pan, that is)...it looks like it had risen nicely...multiple times...then the center was forced out onto itself ....


that would be my uneducated guess...

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SJ169 Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:47pm
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maybe...I think i must of mis-measured somthing..because i baked the two cakes seperatly because i only have one 6inch pan...hmmm might need to try and re-bake tonight

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glendaleAZ Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 7:47pm
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You could send a PM to macsmom shes kind of a guru at WASC recipes.

Or you can post a comment on this thread where she answers questions about WASC related topics.

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=614554&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

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leah_s Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 9:30pm
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I'd guess too much batter in the pan. I actually measure the batter for each pan.

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woodruffbn Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 11:10pm
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icon_surprised.gif Im scared of it!!!! icon_cry.gificon_cry.gif

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woodruffbn Posted 3 Jul 2009 , 11:11pm
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icon_surprised.gif Im scared of it!!!! icon_cry.gificon_cry.gif

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kakeladi Posted 4 Jul 2009 , 1:52am
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Which version of WASC did you use?
It looks to me like there was too much liquid & the pan was too full. Never fill a pan more than 1/2 to 2/3rds up the side. Or measure it (yes, with a ruler) to 1 to 1 1/4" deep. Then lower the temp in your oven.......300 to 325.

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MichelleM77 Posted 6 Jul 2009 , 7:25pm
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I had a similar thing happen when I overfilled the pans and also doubled a recipe that didn't work (darn science!). Needless to say I was cleaning the bottom of my oven at 2 am.

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beachcakes Posted 6 Jul 2009 , 11:15pm
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I've had this happen when I use DH - never a problem with BC. Weird, huh?

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Deb_ Posted 6 Jul 2009 , 11:28pm
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LMAO at Jamie's "boiling magma" comment......holy cow that was a good one!

I agree with leah, it looks like the pan was over-filled.

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