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cake faults and their causes
reasons cakes have problems
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Culinary Art
Not Applicable
09/06/2017

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Term
POOR CAKE VOLUME
Definition

1. Too little flour

 

2.Too much liquid

 

3. Too little leavening

 

4.  Oven too hot

Term
CAKE UNEVEN SHAPE
Definition

1.  IMPROPER MIXING

 

2.   BATTER SPREAD UNEVENLY

 

3.  UNEVEN OVEN HEAT

4.  OVEN RACKS NOT LEVEL

5.  CAKE PANS WARPED

Term
CAKE CRUST TOO DARK
Definition

TOO MUCH SUGAR  OR

 

OVEN TOO HOT

Term
CAKE CRUST TOO LIGHT
Definition

1.  TOO LITTLE SUGAR

 

2.  OVEN NOT HOT ENOUGH

Term
BURST OR CRACKED CAKE CRUST
Definition

1.  TOO MUCH FLOUR OR FLOUR TOO STRONG

 

2.  TOO LITTLE LIQUID

 

3.  IMPROPER MIXING

4. OVEN TOO HOT

Term
SOGGY CRUST FOR CAKE
Definition

1.  UNDERBAKED

 

2.  COOLING IN PANS OR WITH NOT ENOUGH VENTILATION

 

3. WRAPPING BEFORE COOL

Term
DENSE OR HEAVY CAKE TEXTURE
Definition

1.  TOO LITTLE LEAVENING

 

2.  TOO MUCH LIQUID

 

3.  TOO MUCH SUGAR

TOO MUCH SHORTENING

5.  OVEN NOT HOT ENOUGH

Term
coarse or irregular cake texture
Definition

1.  too much leavening

 

2. TOO LITTLE EGG

 

3. IMPROPER MIXING

Term
CRUMBLY CAKE TEXTURE
Definition

1. TOO MUCH LEAVENING

2. TOO MUCH SHORTENING

3. TOO MUCH SUGAR

4.  WRONG KIND OF FLOUR

5.  IMPROPER MIXING

 

Term
TOUGH CAKE TEXTURE
Definition

1.  FLOUR TOO STRONG

2.  TOO MUCH FLOUR

 

3.  TOO LITTLE SUGAR OR SHORTENING

 

4.  OVERMIXING

Term
POOR CAKE FLAVOUR
Definition

1.  POOR QUALITY INGREDIENTS

 

2.  POOR STORAGE OR SANITATION

 

3.  UNBALANCED FORMULA

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