Hi everyone!
I was wondering if someone can tell me how to eliminate my cake tops from getting tacky/sticky (while cooling) .... Ive only been having this prob for about 2 months - since the humidity got crazy .. could that be playing a part? Or am I doing something wrong in the baking process???
TIA!!
Gaye
Sorry I'm just useless on this one! 
I've read several posts where people don't prefer the tacky/sticky tops. I'm just wondering why, because I always thought it meant the cake was super moist (especially the WASC) and thought of it as a good thing that will go totally un-noticed once it's crumb coated and iced. I'm just wondering if those sticky tops are posing a problem. Thanks.
I've read several posts where people don't prefer the tacky/sticky tops. I'm just wondering why, because I always thought it meant the cake was super moist (especially the WASC) and thought of it as a good thing that will go totally un-noticed once it's crumb coated and iced. I'm just wondering if those sticky tops are posing a problem. Thanks.
Its really not been a problem - I can live with it or without .. I certainly like the thought thats its becasue my cake is so yummy moist 
Its really not an issue with it posing a problem - but have you ever seen a cake once its cut that had the sticky top?? There's like a very thin (brown) gooey line of cake (I dont know how to differently explain that) And I think it "looks" horrible - esp w/a light colored cake ..
Of course I could remedy that by cutting off the top b4 flipping it to the bottom - and thats what I've been doing since this started ..
But Im a very curious person by nature .. and like to know WHY certain things are like they are so I can rememdy them IF I choose 
Is it like a cake skin? Sometimes the humidity will cause the cake to for a skin on the open top of a cake. It will peel off and be no bother. The main reason is the cake steam is not allowed to escape and the humidity on the outside is high, and then you end up sticky.
Is it like a cake skin? Sometimes the humidity will cause the cake to for a skin on the open top of a cake. It will peel off and be no bother. The main reason is the cake steam is not allowed to escape and the humidity on the outside is high, and then you end up sticky.
Is it like a cake skin? Sometimes the humidity will cause the cake to for a skin on the open top of a cake. It will peel off and be no bother. The main reason is the cake steam is not allowed to escape and the humidity on the outside is high, and then you end up sticky.
Is it like a cake skin? Sometimes the humidity will cause the cake to for a skin on the open top of a cake. It will peel off and be no bother. The main reason is the cake steam is not allowed to escape and the humidity on the outside is high, and then you end up sticky.
Okay, makes sense to me. I've baked cakes for years, but just now really getting into the "nitty gritty" of it. Since I became a CC member, i'm learning SO much about people's preferences about texture, color, density, crumb and all of that. I'm one of those funny people that likes dense, sticky, moist, "wet" cake with brown skins, as long as it's done all the way thru...LOL Until now, I've lived by the motto, "if i like the cake, anybody should like it." I'm learning every day.
Okay, makes sense to me. I've baked cakes for years, but just now really getting into the "nitty gritty" of it. Since I became a CC member, i'm learning SO much about people's preferences about texture, color, density, crumb and all of that. I'm one of those funny people that likes dense, sticky, moist, "wet" cake with brown skins, as long as it's done all the way thru...LOL Until now, I've lived by the motto, "if i like the cake, anybody should like it." I'm learning every day.
Call me funny to, because (and DONT tell anybody) but I eat that sticky top when I cut it off! I "personally" love it too! BUT I DONT like the way it looks in my white or yellow colored cakes .. esp. if its white on white ...
As yes - Dee .. Everybody has a preference, and does things diff. Thats what makes our world so great .. I mean if EVERYONE loved that dense, wet cake like "we" do, then we'd never get any!!!
I hope I NEVER quit learning
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