Ques. About Cakes Not All Turning Brown...please Read
Decorating By DollyCakes Updated 17 Jul 2007 , 4:37pm by step0nmi
I've had this happen two times now. I have 3 cakes in the oven at the same time and 2 of them come out perfectly golden brown, and the third one never gets brown, but seems to be done. 
I'm perplexed. The first time, they were 3 different sizes so I just thought that was why, but last night all three cakes were the same size and it happened again. I did use the baking strips on all 3 pans both times. I'm sure it's something to do with uneven heat distribution in the oven. Am I baking too many cakes at one time? Thanks for any info.! 
I think it has something to do with the directness of the heat..does that make sense? Like the closer they are to the heat source, the darker they are.
I bake all I can fit into my oven. My Wilton instructor told us she thought a full oven bakes better then a empty. The lady I uded to work for would only bake one maybe two cakes at a time. Either way, both ways cakes come out good.
I've made 3 9" rounds all at the same time most recently and I too had this problem. I did it twice because the first ones fell apart lol.. whole different story lmao... anyway I figured out there wasn't even spacing around the pans. They say there should be at least 1" all the way around each pan that way the heat can get in between and rise up over top.... hope this helps.
Heat distribution could be...it could also be where the cake is placed in the oven. If you have two racks and you have two on the higher rack they will brown more than the one in the middle rack because there is a heating element up there. I found that out with my oven because it is electric and there are two cores, one on top and one on bottom. If yours is gas I would say the heat distribution then. Maybe you should have your oven checked??
I also find with any oven that cakes need to be rotated. If I have two cakes in the oven then I make sure to place one on the top rack and one on the middle and then they should be alternating on the racks. (there should not be cakes one on top of the other) I also turn my pans where they are at abotu every 10 mins or so to ensure this as well. This way the heat is distributed around the cakes and could help you cook more evenly!
Maybe some of these things will work maybe some won't! If so then you should have your oven checked!
Good luck!
StephyG
All 3 cakes are on the same rack. I'll try moving them around midway through baking...maybe that will help. Thanks gals!!!
Oh, and it's an electric oven. I checked it last week and it does run about 15 degrees hotter than it says so it's a good idea to test your oven temp. My cakes were over baking and I couldn't figure out why...that definitely had a lot to do with it.
Do you have a second rack? I am surprised that 3 cakes can fit on the same rack!
If you do have a second one then you should space them out evenly on the different levels. Then you can put 3 cakes in, 2 on top and one on the bottom, rotate them like in a triangle and everything should bake evenly for you!
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