| Anyone, even if one does not admit it is sure to | | | | the entire surface to be followed by dusting flour. |
| posses a sweet tooth. Now, who would not want a | | | | Knock any excess flour. |
| cake? | | | | In most cases, 1 tablespoon of fat or solid vegetable |
| Cake is the product when you combine primary | | | | shortening will do. If a pastry brush is available, you |
| ingredients such as flour, leavening agent, liquid, | | | | can make use of this to even out the spreading of |
| sweetening, eggs and flavorings and cook it by | | | | the shortening. |
| means of an oven. | | | | For chocolate cake recipes however, you may use |
| Apparently, there are hundreds of cake recipes that | | | | cocoa powder as substitute for the flour in dusting |
| we now enjoy. Many appear in bread-like forms while | | | | the pans. |
| some appear more like sweet treats such as biscuits | | | | If you still find trouble with this method, you can use |
| and cookies. And there are those that are elaborately | | | | a cutout wax paper that would fit the pan. However, |
| decorated. Some cakes were just recently developed | | | | you must still grease the pan including the wax or |
| and some had been satisfying human taste buds for | | | | parchment paper and coat them with flour. |
| centuries now. | | | | To avoid uneven baking, avoid putting too much |
| Though many innovations and techniques have | | | | batter into the pan and never crowd a single part of |
| provided lesser difficulties in baking cakes, we still | | | | the oven. Cake pans must always be placed in the |
| cannot deny that there are procedures and methods | | | | middle rack so as to receive even heat. These must |
| that we cannot perfect. And these, though they | | | | not touch each other's side nor should they touch |
| seem to be only parts of a comprehensive process | | | | the sides of the oven. Otherwise, premature baking |
| are essential in the completion of a good cake from | | | | may occur. It would be good if you use shiny pans |
| a not so good one. | | | | as they would help conserve heat. |
| In this article, we have prepared tips that will help | | | | Although the cake recipe may indicate the exact |
| enhance the cake recipes that you are following. | | | | temperature, it is a rule of thumb to decrease 25 |
| However, these are intended to apply only for | | | | degrees Celsius from the heat if you are making use |
| general cases. | | | | of glass pans. |
| Preheating is essential in the majority of all cake | | | | In the absence of an 18-inch square pan however, a |
| recipes. In general, we follow a 12 to 15 minutes | | | | good alternative would be a round one or 2 8 X |
| preheating time. If the heat of your oven is | | | | 4-inch loaf pans. |
| questionable, please invest on a device that would | | | | Before the cooking duration ends, see to it that |
| provide you more exact temperature (as indicated in | | | | doneness of the cakes is checked prior to the |
| the cake recipe). Since any alteration on the | | | | removal of the pans from the oven. For verification, |
| prescribed temperature may cause slight | | | | check the sides of the cake for they must now pull |
| imperfections on your product. | | | | away slightly from the pan or make use of a |
| The usual problem that any novice may face after | | | | toothpick or cake tester. |
| baking is the difficult release of the cakes from the | | | | With these being said, you are assured that you are |
| pan. This can be solved by greasing the cake pan | | | | one step closer to the perfection of your cake |
| first by means of shortening. Greasing must cover | | | | recipe. |