Fairy cakes like mountains!

kte

I have the same problem, have even tried following recipes word for word...I recently heard read two possible explanations (not sure if either is true) - one said it was symptomatic of the oven being too hot, the other said the mixture is too runny...

kte

Just to clarify...my comment was about fairy cake mountains...no idea about soggy cake cases, sorry niptuckfan!

mookybargirl

I do mine by hand and they do rise a bit but they're not fluffy - should I use an electric whisk?

Muppet81

When I saw the title of the thread that lovely line from Calendar Girls sprang to mind.

"Laurence, I think we are going to need considerably bigger buns!"

Sorry!

Daisy_Daisy_2

Hi,
if the cakes are rising too high and splitting slightly its a sign that the oven is slightly too hot or that there is a bit too much mixture in the cases

mrs_moneyspinner

The more air you get into your cake mix, the more mountainous the cake so maybe less enthusiastic mixing of the fairy cakes? the more times I open the oven door to take a look, the flatter my cakes come out - maybe you should just open the door a lot to achieve the pancake look?

melie3

hi all,
im gonna be cooking loads of fairy cakes soon, and wonder how do i stop them from peaking too much in middle, as i want to put icing on top which has to be flat to put an image on top of that. i weight eggs, then weight everything else same, i do add baking powder to self raising so i guess i should omit it. i also add a drop of milk to mix.

would love some advice please xx

angelnikki

melie3 wrote: »

hi all,
im gonna be cooking loads of fairy cakes soon, and wonder how do i stop them from peaking too much in middle, as i want to put icing on top which has to be flat to put an image on top of that. i weight eggs, then weight everything else same, i do add baking powder to self raising so i guess i should omit it. i also add a drop of milk to mix.

would love some advice please xx

I always add baking powder and milk too. That doesn't affect it but there are two things that can make them peak:

• The way you put the mix in the cases: If you level off the mix once its in the cases, or dip it down slightly in the middle then they will rise evenly.
• The temperature: if you cook them too quickly at too high a temperature they will rise too quickly. I cook fairy cakes slowly at gas 5 for about 20 mins HTH

Nikki x

sarahs999

Different recipes have different outcomes, which I know doesn't help you terribly much. Some naturally dome more, some are flatter.

One way around it would be to level off the tops with a knife after they have cooled. You don't say how you are lpanning to put the image on, but if you are printing with edible ink, then simply use a buttercream mix to level out the cupcake, then use fondant (sugarpaste) on top as a flat round, cut out with a cookie cutter. You can put your edible ink image on top of that.

Pink.

Hi melie,

There's an earlier thread with some more suggestions that may help so I've added your thread to it to keep the ideas together.

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