Topic: Cakes falling in the middle


learnin_to_bake    -- 03-30-2006 @ 5:30 PM
  If anyone can help me by telling me how to NOT make my cakes fall in the middle when I bake them, that would be much appreciated! Thanks.

~Angie


sadie    -- 04-02-2006 @ 5:47 PM
  Angie, are you referring to cake layers baked in 8 or 9-inch round pans, or cakes baked in 9X13-inch pans?


learnin_to_bake    -- 04-02-2006 @ 8:01 PM
  The cake I'm trying to make is a single layer cake in a 9X13 pan.


sadie    -- 04-10-2006 @ 4:26 PM
  Are you testing your cake for doneness in the centre before taking it out of the oven?  Sometimes a 9X13 inch cake starts to brown around the edges but the centre still isn't quite done.  It'll sink a bit in the middle on cooling if this is the case.  Wilton sells a product called Bake Even Strips that help a cake bake evenly.  The strips come in different sizes.  I've used them and they really work.  The ones I have came 2 to a package and fit around 9-inch layer pans.  I have to join the two strips together when I'm using my 9X13-inch pan.


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