Adding 1 tablespoon of honey to any cake batter keeps your cake moist. The honey draws moisture to the cake and it stays moist from first slice to last. You do not need to change any ingredients and it can be added to a box cake mix or a homemade cake.
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By Lisa from Alexandria, VA
After baking a cake, put your cake pans in the freezer for an hour before frosting them. They will not crack and crumble when you put on the frosting.
This is a page about preventing cakes from sticking to a cake pan. It is extremely frustrating to spend the time baking a cake only to have it stick to the pan.
Take old (low loop nap) towels. Cut them at two times the height of the side of your pan. Wet towel strips and pin to sides of pan. Use large safety pins.
My cakes are not browning when I use three layers. How do I get them to brown without drying them out?
By Tim
I recently moved to Florida from Vermont and find the humidity makes the flour very heavy and in order to have my cakes rise better I have been sifting the flour at least 4x. Does humidity effect ones baking ?
By Thelma S
I just picked up a heart shaped pan at an estate sale. The size looks like it would hold 1 box of cake mix, but it has a hole in the middle (6 inches) in diameter. What kind of pan is this?
By Meryl R. from TN
When baking layer cakes, I cut pan liners out of brown paper bags. I lay the pan down on a bag and draw around it, then cut it out. If there is any printing on the bag, put it face down.
I have a NordicWare fluted bundt muffin pan; and it sticks so badly it tear sthe muffins up when trying to get them out. I know I can use the baking cups, but then I don't get the pretty formation of the pan's muffins.
I tried spraying with Pam the last time I used it, but it is as if I used nothing. I have not used the pan for awhile because my beloved hubby passed away and I haven't had the heart to cook for a long time.Butter is a good medium for breads and muffins. Wipe butter generously into all the cups.
Why does a new pound cake pan not do as good as my old one?
Your old cake pan probably has a patina from years of use. This can make it more non-stick. Your new pan will probably get there over time, just use more butter/oil and flour in your pan prior to use.
Why did my cake stick to the greaseproof paper that I lined the tin with? Can anyone help me please? This happens every time I bake a cake, even though I grease the paper before I put the cake mixture in.
By Susan C from Shrewsbury, England
You should also flour the pan with flour or even with some of the dry cake mix (if using a mix - will keep bottom from turning white on chocolate cakes and other cakes other than white.
Add a cup of sour cream to cake batter to help make it moist and fluffy. Really good in a chocolate cake. Also lemon cake.
When I bake a cake and take it out of the oven to cool, and give it plenty of time before taking it out of pan I find that the crust is way above the cake. I then have to pull the crust off of the top and flip the cake bottoms up to glaze. Even my pound cakes.
It sounds like a problem with your oven's temperature, which either is always higher or lower than you think it is. You should purchase an oven thermometer to see what could be the problem.
You whipped the eggs too much once they were in the batter.
I have baked pound cake many of times, but with a bundt pan. But this time the pans are square with no hole.
How do I get it to bake in the middle without drying the outside of the cake? Please help soon. Thanks.Use the recommended time and temperature in the recipe. It will turn out fine without any help.
I usually put it at least 25° lower than the original temperature on the box
I make a glaze that has to boil for 3 minutes and then you poke holes in the cake and drizzle over. What would cause the glaze to harden?
By Kelly P.
You may have overcooked it which would cause it to harden.
This is in response to baking a flatter cake. All you have to do is either torte the mound off, torting means to cut the cake in several layers or just the top or in half horizontally (not up and down).