Nige
Assistant Cook
Hi,
My 12yr old daughter and I are having a laugh baking when she visits, but a lot of the cakes we make don't rise properly
I've read a bit on here, searched and read some more.
We dont live at altitude, don't open the oven door until it's time, don't crash about a lot.
We do always use the right type of flour (plain or self raising), good quality sugar of the specified type. Butter is always unsalted.
We have an electric fan oven and place the mix on the middle shelf.
We just tried a great recipe from the BBC Good Food website
It ended up about 1" to 1.5" tall unlike the illustration, it was delicious but much more like a brownie than a rich cake. There was no baking powder stated in the recipe - could that be the problem???
I really wish that we could have some more success, so any and all tips to keep this dad/daughter baking team on the right road would be much appreciated.
TIA
NOTE: I couldnt post this with a url, so the site is bbcgoodfood dot com
look for "A reliably good buttercream sandwiched between two layers of gratifyingly chocolatey sponge makes this close to the perfect cake"
I then placed in the oven at 140c for 1 hr
My 12yr old daughter and I are having a laugh baking when she visits, but a lot of the cakes we make don't rise properly
I've read a bit on here, searched and read some more.
We dont live at altitude, don't open the oven door until it's time, don't crash about a lot.
We do always use the right type of flour (plain or self raising), good quality sugar of the specified type. Butter is always unsalted.
We have an electric fan oven and place the mix on the middle shelf.
We just tried a great recipe from the BBC Good Food website
It ended up about 1" to 1.5" tall unlike the illustration, it was delicious but much more like a brownie than a rich cake. There was no baking powder stated in the recipe - could that be the problem???
I really wish that we could have some more success, so any and all tips to keep this dad/daughter baking team on the right road would be much appreciated.
TIA
NOTE: I couldnt post this with a url, so the site is bbcgoodfood dot com
look for "A reliably good buttercream sandwiched between two layers of gratifyingly chocolatey sponge makes this close to the perfect cake"
- 250g self-raising flour
- 250g unrefined soft brown sugarn
- 50g cocoa
- 250g plain chocolate
- 250g butter
- 4 eggs
I then placed in the oven at 140c for 1 hr