Disappointing cake - what did I mess up? Rachel Allen

seraphina

To the OP - getting the cake tin size wrong is one of the surest way to b@gger up a cake - you're spreading the batter much more thinly so it will dry out quicker. You've got a bigger surface area to lose moisture from as well - the top will cook too quickly for the rest of the cake, so there will be less uniformity between the top of the cake cooking and the middle of the cake. So the top can be a solid crust, but there's no solid cake underneath to support it, as that bit hasn't cooked yet.

A few extra mls difference in the egg volume won't matter as much as the wrong size tin.

angeltreats

Further update: it may look rubbish but it tastes absolutely gorgeous - really moist (although it probably would have been dry if I hadn't put the icing on while the cake was still quite hot).

zippychick

It looks just like the picture Angeltreats! Don't they add icing sugar to the cake batter? I thought that was unusual - unusual as in I've never seen that in the actual cake ingredients before .

Well done to you for trying it out , what a way to get the proper answer!

Found this recipe in the process which sounds gorgeous - im relatively new to drizzle cake, so it's interesting to me how she drizzles it :j