Tips for Successful Cake Baking
From hopscotch 14 years ago
- 10-00 minutes to make
- Serves 1
Here is yet another list of tips to have a successful and joyful time baking a cake in the kitchen (laughs). Yes, there are those of us who are anal retentive to making those around us HAPPY irregardless to their lack of consideration on the time and love put into that cake, pastry, fowl, etc. Read more Thusly, all the kudos must come from within to avoid fireworks and projecting those projectiles upon those who are crass enough not to pour lies of how gorgeous, tasty, and scrumciously delicious our wares are (laughs). See less
Ingredients
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- eggs separate more easily when cold but whip up better when at room temperature. Separate the eggs as soon as you take them from the refrigerator, then let the whites sit out in a bowl for about 30 minutes to come to room temperature before beating them. shopping list
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- If a recipe calls for whisking the eggs or egg whites over hot water, do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water or the eggs will cook. shopping list
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- Be sure to use a spotlessly clean bowl and beaters or whisk for beating egg whites. Any spot of grease or fat (including egg yolk) will prevent the whites from expanding to their full volume. shopping list
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- Lift the beaters or whisk from the whites and turn them upright to determine if they have formed soft or stiff peaks. Soft peaks will gently fall over onto themselves, while stiff, dry peaks will stand straight up. shopping list
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- Overbeating eggs will cause them to clump and look somewhat chalky, and the cake will not rise as successfully. shopping list
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- Before baking the cake, gently run a kitchen knife or small rubber spatula through the batter to deflate any large air bubbles. shopping list
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- A foam cake is done when the top is golden and the cake springs back when gently pressed with a fingertip. shopping list
How to make it
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- Start with room-temperature ingredients. Eggs should be large, unless otherwise specified.
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- When creaming the butter with sugar, start by thoroughly creaming the butter before adding any sugar. Then beat the butter and sugar together well. Be patient; it takes several minutes of beating for the butter and sugar mixture to become light and fluffy.
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- When mixing eggs into the batter, add them one at a time, incorporating each fully to create an emulsion.
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- Combine the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder) separately, whisking them 8 to 10 times before mixing them with the wet ingredients. This ensures that the salt and leavening are evenly distributed in the batter.
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- Butter cakes are done baking when the top is lightly browned, the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pans, and the surface springs back when you press the center with a fingertip. Another test: Insert a toothpick, kitchen knife or cake tester into the center. It should come out clean and dry, or, as some cakes require (check your recipe), with just a few crumbs clinging to the tester, showing that the center remains a bit more moist.
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- Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Companion, (Time-Life Books, 2000).
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