Help Me Save My Cake Batter

Decorating By rigama Updated 17 Dec 2006 , 10:50pm by rigama

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rigama Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:03pm
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Ugh. Apparently it's not a good idea to try and make a cake before I've finished my first cuppa joe. I added 1/2 C too much liquid to my chocolate cake batter, and am not sure how to proceede. Unfortunately, I'v already added all my eggs, so I'm pretty hesitatnt to scrap it and start over. Can you help me?

P.S. Not too sure if this goes here or in Cake Disasters, but since I think this is likely salvageable, I didn't post in disasters.

Thanks!

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patticakesnc Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:07pm
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You can double the recipe.

I am not sure how much liquid it needed but just boost the recipe up so that you have it where you needed the higher amount of liquid.

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shelbur10 Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:13pm
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Maybe you could add a box of pudding?

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rigama Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:16pm
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It IS doubled. Guess I could tripple it, though. It called for 1 1/4 c. liquid, I added 1 3/4.

Thanks for the quick reply!

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Melvira Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:21pm
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If it's chocolate, add a few scoops of cocoa powder... that will suck up some of the liquid, and boost the chocolate flavor.

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Parable Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:24pm
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Was the liquid, water, milk, oil, or what?

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rigama Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:38pm
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It was water.

I decided to go ahead and add another packet of pudding. It's in the oven now, and since it's an 11x13 I plenty of time to run up and get some eggs from the store on the corner. I'm not sure this little fella's gonna make it.

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shelbur10 Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:42pm
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good luck, let us know how it comes out

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thems_my_kids Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 3:43pm
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Hope it works for you, let us know!!

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Parable Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by shelbur10

good luck, let us know how it comes out




Ditto!

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rigama Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 5:57pm
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Well...

It came out of the oven looking GREAT icon_biggrin.gif I guess we'll see how great it really is after I tort it.

Thanks again!

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shelbur10 Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 6:04pm
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Maybe this will be one of those happy little accidents that creates a delicious new recipe thumbs_up.gif

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OhMyGoodies Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 6:10pm
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Glad it turned out alright from the oven. Hope it turns out alright when torting. Make sure you taste a little of the scrap to make sure it tastes alright icon_wink.gif

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rigama Posted 15 Dec 2006 , 6:29pm
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Oh trust me, no cake leave this house untasted!

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rigama Posted 17 Dec 2006 , 10:50pm
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Hooray!

The cake turned out wonderfully! It was dense enough to carve nicely (torted and sculpted into the letter N) and it was delightfully moist. My hubby said, through a mouthfull of scraps "You should mess up your cakes like this all the time" icon_rolleyes.gif

Just wanted to share my success. Thanks!

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