I have a recipe for a white wedding cake for a 9" cake. Recipe calls for 6 egg whites my cake pan is a 16' and 4' high I tripled the recipe so instead of 6 egg whites I added 18 but it sank and it smelled and tasted eggy. can someone help. This is my first wedding cake and it looks like it's going to be my last. Your help will be greatly appreciated

If this is a tried and true recipe instead of tripling it make three regular batches then mix it together. The triple batch may not have gotten mixed properly unless you have a huge mixer. Just a thought. You might want to try the WASC it is awesome the recipe is on here. Good Luck

Did you do anything different when making the batter? Maybe left something out? Was one of the eggs bad?

I've made large cakes like you are making and haven't had any problems tripling the batter recipes. You could make the recipe in single batches and pour each batch as you make it into a large bowl, give a final mixing with a hand wisk and then pour into the pan and bake.

Are you using flower nails or anything to help the cake bake in the center? A cake that large is going to need some help in the baking so that you don't overbake the cake.

HTH's
Pam

Where did you get your recipe from? Baking for scratch can be tricky, that why I like to use weight instead of cups for measurements. my suggestions.. Get a recipe that you can triple oz per oz or grams, Joyofbaking has great recipes, ( I personally use grams ). weight the egg whites for the single recipe, then multiply it by three. Many times they sink b/c of uneven heat, specially if they are big pans... u can do the following to..

1. fill only 1/2
2. Use 3 flower nails in the pan when you pour the batter ( their is a tutorial here for that) this solved my problems,
3. Or heating core if you have one.
4. Use the baking strips.
5. When you convert the recipe, deduct 5 grams of the baking powder.

I hope this helps, good luck! BTW how many tiers?

Anna

when you use a lot of eggs in a recipe... you must beat really good after adding each one... (I know some people have this problem when making pound cake)

I add one egg or egg white or egg yolk... beat for 30 seconds... then the next and so on and so forth... if not...u might end up not beating the egg enough and have a cake with partial part of cooked egg/egg yolk or egg whites....

hth

Thanks. for all your tips I appreciate you getting back to me so quickly. This is a 3 tiered wedding cake. I will attempt this tomorrow again. I tried this recipe before and it turned out fine but I did it in a 9' pan. I will try doing one batch at a time then mixing it all together to see if I have better results. For some reason the cake sank in the middle and the egg whites floated to the top of the cake. Will let you know the outcome, crossing my fingers and doing a lot of praying tonight. Thanks

I agree, mix one at a time, then combine. If I get in a hurry (which is never good!) and double or triple recipes, I will beat my eggs, then add them to my mixer. That has worked well for me, but make sure you use something, flower nail, baking strips, heating core, to help it to bake. Good Luck!

Stupid question, but why would you triple the recipe?? Surely you would need slightly less than double the amount for a 16" cake tin.

the best thing to do is double the recipe , not triple it. it goes so much better.

In a pinch, i'd use the WASC just to get thru this weekend. It's a great wedding cake recipe and two batches of it should be plenty for your cake. Then you will have time to play around with your other recipe later. Cut your losses, get thru this wedding weekend and save yourself some stress.

thanks ...I did say it was a stupid question.....

I would try and bake 2 or 3 thinner layers......I think the depth of that cake may be the problem!

Guys, you are awesome, I can't say that enough. I went ahead and did the WASC recipe except I did make some changes. In exchange for sour cream I added applesauce and the cake came out really moist. Not sure what happened but I was informed that in cutting the cake some of it crumbled, but then I was told they were trying to rush through it and then the cake was cut and it came out fine. I guess they liked it , because they said there was not enough to go around I guess they didn't count on so many people showing up when they gave me the head count. Once again thank you so much (all of you) for helping me get through this weekend. I coudn't have done it without you.