It Fell!

Decorating By stemps Updated 14 Jun 2007 , 12:13pm by jessi01

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stemps Posted 2 Jun 2007 , 12:58am
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Ok, I was trying out a new recipe (spice cake box mix, extender, no egg whites - client has an allergy) in my new 6" x 2" wilton pans, and it fell. Having never used these particular pans before, I filled them the recommended 2/3 full.....after 35 minutes the outside was cooked, but the center was mush!! should I have used the flower nail trick?? or was the falling due to the lack of egg whites??

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leily Posted 2 Jun 2007 , 1:36am
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BoothsBest Posted 6 Jun 2007 , 6:59pm
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Sorry I don't know for sure, but I would think the no egg whites probably have something to do with it.

Would like to know what caused it to..

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prterrell Posted 6 Jun 2007 , 7:00pm
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Um, did you have a substitute for the egg whites? Cause egg white are a natural levener, so if you didn't have a sub for them, that's why it fell.

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smbegg Posted 6 Jun 2007 , 7:15pm
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I don't know anything about eggwhites and substitutions, but I know that I just had a whole extended white cake do the same thing to me. And I used the egg whites. There have been other threads on here about bad DH boxed mixes every now and then.

Stephanie

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JanH Posted 8 Jun 2007 , 2:11am
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Common causes for cakes falling include the addition of too much sugar, fat or leavener.

(Substituting liquid creamer for all or most of the water in cake mixes has resulted in a number of cakes either falling or not rising properly.)

More info on troubleshooting butter cakes:

http://www.joyofbaking.com/ButterCakeTroubleshooting.html

Function of eggs in baking:

http://www.joyofbaking.com/eggs.html

Egg substitutes:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-164701-.html

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-90031-.html

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-79871-.html

Two ingredient, eggless cake:

Using diet soda & cake mix (2 ingredients to make cake):

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-30756-.html
(See dl5crew's post.)

Eggless Cake Recipes:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-263933-.html

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-261303-.html

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-256781-.html

HTH

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jessi01 Posted 14 Jun 2007 , 12:13pm
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I just had that happen to me too, I think I over filled the pans. MY 10" and 6" both fell but when I only filled then halfway instead of the recomended 2/3 they baked perfectly right to the top. icon_biggrin.gif

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