VIDEO: Cake is falling apart
they have one cake baked, made every effort, paid close attention to the recipe and yet it collapses. It is annoying when guests are arriving or the cake has been prepared for a friend or neighbor. Therefore, you should investigate the cause once.
Baking a cake starts with the right preparation
- Even if you sometimes think that you have done everything exactly as it is in the recipe, there are always a few things that you may have disregarded. Especially when it comes to preparation, many do not adhere to the basic rules that make a cake successful.
- When preparing for the dough the temperature of the ingredients must be right: For this, the butter or margarine must be preheated to room temperature. It is the same with the milk and all the ingredients that are out of the fridge, too Eggs. If these are too cold, they are difficult to process and not mix properly, which is important for the success of the cake.
For these reasons, too, a cake collapses
- It continues with the dough. The eggs are usually beaten to a frothy consistency with the sugar. If this is not done, it may be another reason the cake is collapsing.
- The flour is usually sifted into the dough. If you save yourself this step and pour in all of the flour at once, the dough will not get the consistency it needs to have. The result is that the cake can collapse.
- The worst mistake you can make is to open the oven door while it is baking. One is often of the opinion that an oven door that is left ajar does not seem to be that important, but especially here There is a mistake: The cake gets "drafts" in this way, cold air penetrates the hot baking air and the cake is already there there.
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So that the cake does not collapse, and for a good success, you should definitely heed these points. Well worth the effort.
