Whenever I make a cake it rises in the center but not so much on the outer edges....it's driving me nuts. I'm a really good cook, and although the cake always tastes yummy it's really annoying me that it won't rise correctly.
I have a convection gas oven and it should be good...what's wrong with my cake=(
2007-09-02 14:52:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I live in Ohio...not too high, not too low.
2007-09-02 14:59:23 · update #1
I have tried it on convection and non-convection, so it's not the fan.
The middle is REALLY high and the sides are pretty low...so turning it upside down still doesn't do the trick.
2007-09-02 15:05:29 · update #2
my oven is pretty new
2007-09-02 15:12:36 · update #3
What I have done is to make a hollow in the center of the batter, and make sure that the oven is preheated thoroughly. The top of the cake batter should be in the center of the oven, not the bottom of the pan. I also turn the cake dome-side down on the serving plate. Good luck.
2007-09-02 15:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because you have too much batter in the pan. Cut back a little on how much you use or use larger cake pans.
When the other person said to turn upside down is right. 1. Let the cake cool. 2. Take out of pan. 3. Use cake saw to level layer. 4. Invert and use bottom of cake and smooth top layer to frost. 5. If using 2 layers for one cake then invert the top layer.
If using a filling between 2 layers then use some frosting around edge between layers so filling does not squish out.
2007-09-02 15:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by travelguruette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you spreading out the batter evenly in your pan before baking? That's one problem I've seen in home ec classes. It's also natural for a cake to be a little higher in the middle. If you're concerned about the difference for a two layer cake, make sure you turn the bottom cake "top down" before frosting it and then "top up" for the upper layer. Some bakers use a saw tooth knife to make their layers flat. I've just always seen that as a waste of good cake and time, but a lot of the pros do that. See - even their cakes rise more in the middle.
2007-09-02 14:59:38 · answer #3 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could have something to do with your oven. If you can afford it get a service done on it. Sometimes the convection ovens are a lot hotter than an ordinary oven, so It might have something to do with your temperature gauge and cooking times.
2007-09-02 15:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by Alwyn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine always do that, too. I think it's just a fact of life when it comes to cake baking. When you make a cake, and want to frost it out of the pan, turn it upside down. If it's not too tall in the middle, it'll usually even out.
2007-09-02 15:02:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on where you live you may have to adjust you cook time or heat. By that I mean the altitude that you live at. Such as Denver as apposed to Los Angeles.
2007-09-02 14:58:56 · answer #6 · answered by Flat_out_Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off the fan and your problems will disappear. The same thing happened to me and that was what I did.
2007-09-02 14:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by laotzu4272 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a mix. :)
2007-09-02 14:56:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋