I made the following recipe and it just didn't rise. It was sort of sunken in the center. What's up??
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2/3 cup flour
5 tbsp butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinammon
2007-05-01 07:01:15 · 8 answers · asked by Gabi 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
temperature was 375 on top shelf.
2007-05-01 07:02:09 · update #1
id say u needed at least a tsp of baking powder. just not enough leavening.
2007-05-01 07:08:23 · answer #1 · answered by tiffany w 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you open the oven door to check the brownies before they were done baking? The gust of cooler air can sink the center of brownies or cake if you open the door partway through baking them. I also agree that 1/2 tsp of baking powder might not have been enough to raise the batter. 1 tsp of baking powder is a more standard quantity for a pan of brownies.
2007-05-01 14:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Shellbell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a chewy, gooey brownie. People work to get them that way, rather than cake-like; usually they are served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream ... and a flower, or something!!!
... I don't see how you could escape the results you got unless you added another ... er ... half cup of flour, say; try one third cup at first ... ... and the ceiling would stay put, so don't worry.
You see, you could wiggle this recipe around by using 1 1/2 cups of flour, putting the batter into a buttered cake tin ... and you'd have a nice cake, as long as you know how to make one.. and for fun, you could separate the eggs and beat the whites with some of the sugar and add it at the end ... although there is a bit too much sugar ... I'd use 2/3 cup...
2007-05-01 14:39:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just looking at the ingredients I would say you didn't have enough baking powder. Try it again with 1 tsp instead of 1/2 and see if it makes a difference.
2007-05-01 14:10:09 · answer #4 · answered by surlygurl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should use a little more baking powder 1 tsp of baking powder for each cup of flour, also make sure your baking powder is still good. Were they done? Hope it still tasted good.
2007-05-01 14:15:57 · answer #5 · answered by Annie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that you didn't bake it long enough. Did you use the right size pan? If your pan was smaller than the recipe specified, you would have to bake it a bit longer. I don't know why the recipe specifies the top rack, that seems odd; it seems to me the top would bake too quickly, before the bottom was baked properly.
2007-05-01 14:11:42 · answer #6 · answered by gracel313 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
375 is too hot to bake brownies at.
2007-05-01 14:16:34 · answer #7 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The truth is that your you beat much the preparation lowers in a while and if is not because you used a great mold much but of the saying
2007-05-01 14:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋