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3 Baking Tips that will help you get a perfectly baked cake
3 Baking Tips that will help you get a perfectly baked cake
Tip 1 – Use of Vinegar
The use of vinegar in a cake batter helps activate the
effervescent agents (baking soda or baking powder) used in the recipe. There is
a slight bit of science behind it (we all know the cooking and chemistry are
similar, don’t we!). The mix of vinegar which is acidic in nature and soda
which is basic in nature releases ions causing the formation of nothing but
carbon dioxide. This makes the cake batter airy and hence giving you a fluffy
and moist cake!
Figure 1 - Flat v/s frothy cake batter |
Tip 2 – Fold not whisk
When making a cake batter or any baking batter, in
particular, do not try to use a whisk for mixing. Rather use a spatula to do
so. It may take longer to incorporate all the ingredients and make the batter
lump-free, but this helps add in a lot of air to the batter making it light and
fluffy.
Figure 2 - Whisking v/s folding |
Tip 3 – Dust your baking pans
If you are a regular or a once in a blue moon baker, you’d
have always been advice to grease the baking pan before pouring in the batter,
but has anyone advice you to dust the pan? Dusting the baking pan with flour
after greasing it with butter helps release the cake from the pan even more
easily. Not only that, but this also reduces the chances of burning cake edges
which is usually the case after greasing a pan and baking cakes
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Figure 3 - Greased v/s greased & dusted cake pan |
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