My carrot cake turns moldy quickly after it's out of the oven. It's not covered entirely in mold, but has moldy spots. I use organic carrots; free-range chicken eggs; China-Tunghing-Cassia Cinnamon; baking soda; flour; sugar; olive oil; salt; buttermilk and vanilla. None of the ingredients are expired. Is the cake having a strange chemical reaction? Should I add/subtract anything? Thanks for your help.
2007-12-08 13:15:44 · 7 answers · asked by BullsEyes 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I agree with the others that it's not mold. It could be the olive oil reacting with the buttermilk or the "curds" separating from the buttermilk. Carrot cake should be refrigerated after cooling, but it's just barely cooled to room temp at 3 hrs.
2007-12-08 13:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you actually sure it's mold? I've never heard of such a thing after only three hours! It's too bad it was such a waste of ingredients and time to make the cake. Maybe you could look for another recipe.
2007-12-08 13:19:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think what must look like mold probably is not actually mold. But I can't tell you what it is. Even if you had mold spores floating wild in your kitchen, they cannot colonize in a mere 3 hours and be visible to the human eye.
Keep it covered and refrigerated.
2007-12-08 13:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you grease and flour your pans before cooking I'll just bet you are seeing some of the flour "peeking" back at you. Use a sprinkle of coco next time to flour with. You will not taste it and the white will not show.
nfd♥
2007-12-09 01:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by fishineasy™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a chemical reaction due to using too much baking soda or the baking soda no mixed in throughout. It messing with the pH balance in the carrots.
2016-04-04 12:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by none 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mold cannot grow on your cake in three hours...thats not mold...its gotta be something else.
2007-12-08 13:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't know that is mold... Might be the oil that you used... Too much maybe?
2007-12-08 13:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by alexiscarls 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋