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Sponge cake problems

Chrisca50 · 2024-07-20 09:55:02

Many years ago I made my sponge cakes in my food mixer and they always came out perfect. I then got myself a k mix. Around the same time I got a new oven and could never decide which it was that made my cakes come out nothing like they did in my old food mixer. It's still very hit and miss how my cakes come out. Sometimes…

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Sarahspangles Posts: 3,239 Forumite

28 July 2024 at 7:48AM

I listened to a BBC Sounds podcast yesterday, the Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry, where they rope in experts to answer listener questions. One was about sponge cakes. After tests, they recommended margarine over butter for lightness but the main difference was that the one beaten/whisked was a lighter texture than the one made in a stand mixer. I think if they’re over-processed, cakes collapse

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