Can I Make Batter Up Ahead? Please Help!!!!
Decorating By jennycakes Updated 9 Jun 2006 , 2:34am by Misska21
I need to make a smaller version of a big cake I am baking tomorrow...my question is, can I make up a batch of my usual recipie & use the leftover batter for tomorrow? I only need about 2 cups of batter for tonight & my recipie makes about 7 cups. Now, tomorrow, I will need 14 c of batter....so can I use it then? Will the consistency change overnight in the fridge?
Any help appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IMHO I wouldn't. I've noticed the batter gets kinda weird if I even let it sit in the bowl while other cakes are baking. I've always been told to use it immediately.
that's what I thought- thanks ladies!! I knew someone could set me straight in no time!!
When you beat the batter, you're putting air into it. The second you stop, the air starts compressing and your batter will be heavier. This might result in a denser, less fluffy cake and it also might not cook properly (might turn out like brownies). Some of the box cakes actually say in the directions to pour the batter in the pan and bake immediately. I wish there was a way around this because it would sometimes be so much easier to make it ahead of time.
Samantha
I was making a batch of cake batter and then just as I had finished it I had to go pick up my daughter...the batter sat for a little over an hour and I decided to still use it. The cakes turned out just fine. I haven't ever tried letting it sit overnight though, I would just do like the other gals said and make all of your cakes at once.
I wouldn't let it go either. Part of the chemical reaction in a cake batter is the leavening properties of baking powder, and that will activate as soon as it comes into contact with the liquid in the cake and the lecithin in the eggs. If you let it sit, that chemical reaction will begin and your cakes will be decidedly denser. In Misska21's case the batter hadn't sat out all that long, but if you need it to sit overnight, it would likely not rise at all, resulting in a heavy, dense and perhaps gummy cake.
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