Um....this Is A Baking Situation I’Ve Never Seen Before...

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MerMadeBakedGoods Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 12:38am
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Not an emergency by any means...by why is my dark chocolate cake rippled in the middle after being baked? I make this cake at least twice a week..and this has never happened before.

Not an emergency by any means - just intrigued by the possible science behind my wonky cake tops :).Um....this Is A Baking Situation I’Ve Never Seen Before...

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MerMadeBakedGoods Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 2:06am
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Wow. Apologies for my redundant wording - I’m clearly running on fumes over here!

I think I’ll skip baking cake number three and go to sleep instead :).

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SandraSmiley Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 3:59am
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I have no idea what caused the rippled effect, but it looks yummy.  It may have just been the way it rose during the baking process.

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kakeladi Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 4:24am
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I’m thinking the recipe may have had too much liquid    Could you have gotten distracted & added extra?   

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MerMadeBakedGoods Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 12:18pm
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Thanks, Sandra :). I do love dark chocolate cake!

kakeladi - Lord knows I sure could have gotten distracted....and this batter has tons of liquid - vegetable oil, buttermilk, hot coffee....I bet I poured too much in :(. 

Ah well, first time for everything!

Thanks, ladies!

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-K8memphis Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 8:01pm
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I've seen that a thousand times -- idk what causes it exactly but it's no worries -- gets lopped off anyhow 

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jchuck Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 8:12pm
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This happens to my dark chocolate cakes all the time. Mine also has oil,  buttercream, coffee, yogurt. Like K8memphis posted, I just cut it off. My cake is slightly dense, which I’m sure is the reason there’s a slight dip and ripples. 

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-K8memphis Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 8:46pm
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it's great for snacking blush mmm

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ypierce82 Posted 23 Apr 2019 , 9:16pm
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I have a chocolate cake recipe that does the same thing. It has vegetable oil, milk, and hot water lol I just omit the hot water and it stopped happening, but it baffled me for the longest time!

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MerMadeBakedGoods Posted 24 Apr 2019 , 1:22am
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Man - I love you guys!!!!

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Freckles0829 Posted 24 Apr 2019 , 12:33pm
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This happens to my cupcakes when I remove them from the oven.  At first I thought I had slightly under baked them but after baking about 10 dozen over the past couple weeks I have just decided that that is just how they want to be.  And since they are covered in icing it really doesn't matter.

But my cakes don't do this and I use the same batter for both.  So I have decided that my cupcakes just like to be different LOL!

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