I made a 3 tier cake for friend of mine; bottom tier 10" was marble. Raised beautifully but when I tasted it, dry
As above or :
the recipe was the problem
somehow you accidentally made a mistake in the ingredients
it was left uncovered while "not frosted" for too long
the slice you had sat out uncovered for too long before you ate it.
Do you use baking strips around the outside of your pans? They help tremendously. And also there is the trick of lowering your oven temp by 25*....another thought might be to use a heat core for the center of your cake -it will help the cake bake more evenly and can avoid the over-baking while waiting for that last bit in the center to get done.
I did use strips, 325 temp, center was not done after an hour....not sure what went wrong but def overdone. Did not test my oven first which may have been the problem.
Thanks for your input!
I think you overfilled the pan and then overbaked. It is easy to do on marble. Try using less batter next time.
Have you ever used that cake recipe before and it turned out moist? I have read that to make a cake moister add 1 extra egg yolk to the batter and maybe 1/2 cup of sour cream. It is supposed to keep a cake more moist.
The others also had very good advice about the baking strips! I hear they work wonders for cakes!!
A heating core really helps cakes bake more evenly. You can use a metal rose nail for a heating core. I use one even in my 9 inch pans. The nail leaves such a small hole that no one notices it but it sure does make a difference. I agree with Jen123. You might have had too much batter in your pans. That can make a big difference in baking times and results. Hope your next one turns out beautiful. :)
Is this your first time baking in a 10" cake pan? The first time I did, I baked at 350° (DUMB! Never again..). The second time I baked at 300° and it took forever. Both time I didn't use strips either. Third time baked it at 325° with strips. Baked within an hour and it was perfect. Just the sides were slightly over baked. You really gotta know your oven and what temp works for what pan in your oven. The wilton chart told me to bake a 14in cake at 325° and I'm glad I didn't! it baked perfectly for 1hr 20min at 300°. Anyway, I'm rambling....
Yes thank you all! The more I think back on it, the more I think over filling the pan was the cause of the disaster! Although the customer didn't complain much. She LOVED the frosting and didn't make much fuss about the dryness of the cake itself.
All of you are such great support and thank you again for your tips and advice! Next time, won't fill it as much!
To avoid this problem, I have a scale and weigh how much I put in each pan. This is especially important for marble because it is too hard to judge visually. You can use a cheap digital postal scale. I also have an old spring loaded postal scale I bought at an antique store.
Here is what I use. You will have to adjust it for your own type of cake... but this is a good starting place.
This should work for a basic yellow cake or box mix.
(# = lb= pound)
Round
6” 10 oz
8” 1#
10” 2#
12” 3#
14” 4#
16” 6.5#
18” 11#
Square
6” 14 oz
8” 1# 8oz
10” 2# 10oz
12” 3# 10oz
14” 4# 12oz
16” 7# 2oz
BTW I use 2" pans.
For those that have never used a scale... put your pan on the scale an make it equal zero. ("Tare" button for digital scales). Then you are weighing only the batter. If you can't see the reading under your pan, raise the pan on a canister or a tall turntable.
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