Hi there I have 2 cake questions for you
first, home made chocolate cake why does every recipe need either water or coffee, can I use milk instead I’ve tried these recipes with water or coffee and I do not like the taste of the water I know it sounds weird but I can taste it. Also the last time I made the Hershey’s perfectly chocolate cake it was perfect texture on half the cake fromthe middle up , but from the bottom down it was a rubbery texture ? What does that mean and how do I avoid it ?
second question , vanilla cake from scratch always taste like flour ....how can I fix this?
Thank you for reading
if you use milk you weaken the chocolate flavor -- you get a milk chocolate cake -- so you could ramp up the chocolate if you want a darker flavor and still use milk -- the rubber part on the bottom is possibly due to it not being mixed correctly --
vanilla cake tasting like flour seems to suggest it was not mixed enough -- beginning and ending with flour and then mixing it well -- or if it's a fold the egg whites in -- you still have to get the flour all incorporated before you do the egg whites --
don't be afraid to mix your cake up -- you don't want to whip it -- don't go over speed 4-5 on a stand mixer but i always say -- mix it like a cake mix -- two minutes -- before folding in egg whites though -- but after all the flour goes in
Coffee enhances the chocolate flavor. Like adding salt to certain foods doesn’t necessarily make it taste salty, but makes it more flavorful. So using coffee in a chocolate cake isn’t to make it taste like coffee. It’s to make it taste more chocolatey.
Oh... and Add more Flavoring to your vanilla cake... double the amount of vanilla the recipe calls for... maybe add a drop or two of citrus or caramel or some other flavor to give it more depth... so many vanilla cake recipes I have seen just don't call for much flavoring...
I am massively heavy handed with the vanilla (and vanilla bean paste) in my vanilla cake. Always tastes lovely, never tastes like flour :)
I use a combo of water and milk in my chocolate cake. Say if I'm using 500ml of boiling water, then I use 250ml of milk.
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