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Baking quick questions

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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,339 Forumite
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    ive merged this with baking quick questions


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  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Hi all. A few times recently I have taken a cake from the oven to find that it has gone as thin as a biscuit on one side and is big and risen on the other. Happened with a couple of different recipes that are usually fail- safe and have worked for me for years. It's as if I had tilted the whole tin so that it baked at an angle.
    I'm going to a friend's for lunch today and need to bake now before the school run so I have something to bring so please help! I'm usually an okay baker.
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
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  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    My baking powder has gone lumpy, could that be relevant? I have been seiving it but wonder if it isn't effective any more.
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Anyone? I haven't baked yet as I don't want another disastrous cake but really don't want to have to buy one either.
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    I always sieve my baking powder,as it usually is a bit lumpy.I sieve it with the flour though,three times.I don't think that it's that,except if you think it's lumpy because it's damp.

    Sorry I can't help you otherwise.

    Are you sure that the oven is at the right temperature?
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Thanks for your reply. Oven definitely at the right temp, and I seive the baking powder. I do think it did get damp as it's in big hard lumps. I've never had one as bad before and it's not anywhere its bbe date. I really need to get on and bake so maybe if I make some baking powder from cream of tartar and bicarb and see if it maybe was the baking powder.
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Actually, just thinking back to the last one that didn't work. Can't be the baking powder as I made a chocolate sandwich cake. 9" tins and the first one rose perfectly in a metal tin. Second one was made with the same mix but sat for an hour waiting its turn in the oven and I did it in a silicone mould. Maybe because I didn't bake it right away? I have done the same thing many times though with this particular cake and never had a problem.
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    I don't think that it's good for the cake,not to put it in the oven pretty soon after it's in the cake tin.

    I've never baked with silicone,so don't know about that.

    I have found this,which might help.

    Delia has a forum on her website at https://www.deliaonline.co.uk

    I'm sure someone there would know.
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    After all that I went to start baking and realised I had run out of sugar! Ah well. Maybe I can make an unwonky cake next time.
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    rosie383 wrote: »
    After all that I went to start baking and realised I had run out of sugar! Ah well. Maybe I can make an unwonky cake next time.

    I do hope so!
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