All about Cakes & Cookies Baking

[Augmum]

LKVM:

yeah same here,.... have cut down on baking recently

for me, i up my baking, becos wanna to fatten my gal....

[Augmum]

Counter11:

Hi baking masters,

Saw all your postings on baking, and I was so inspired to try. I am an amateur, and decided to try to bake a butter cake. However, the cake raised very high and cracked at the top. Can the masters help me understand why it turned out like that? Did I beat the butter too much?

So embarrassing, cannot even do a simple butter cake. :oops:
Pls help....

me no baking masters.
probably yr temp is too high, what temp u have set, and for how long ?
or yr oven heat distribution is not even.....

[Augmum]

BlurBee:

Augmum:

this afternoon, juz baked a mixed FRUIT CAKE.

this is the easiest and most moist fruit cake i ever baked. (1 st time i try this recipe) :dancing:

:drool:

thanks ah bee.

[Augmum]

Funz:

Not a baking master but one who bakes as a form of stress relief. haha.


We are all also learning. God knows how many failed attempts I've had.

Aside from the cracked top, the cake texture and taste is ok? Personally, I am not so particular about how it looks more on how is the taste.

Anyways, the 1st thought will be the temp of the oven is too high. Cannot follow the temp and baking timing blindly as each oven is different. That said, it takes a few tries to understand your own oven. C
heck out this site for more information on the possible problems.
http://www.baking911.com/cakes/problems.htm

metoo, so long it taste good
and it is not burnt, i'm ok with the appearance.

ya, agree....that's what i told counter 11, abt her oven.

[Funz]

Augmum:

for me, i up my baking, becos wanna to fatten my gal....

Same here, in my case more to fatten up DS. DD is an ok size. Along the way too bad, DH got fattened up too.

Lucky for me I am not so much into cakes and pastry so not so affected.

And I am a distributor, distribute to my sis and bring to office for my colleagues. That way ensure we don't eat too much and still can afford variety.

[Augmum]

Funz:

Same here, in my case more to fatten up DS. DD is an ok size. Along the way too bad, DH got fattened up too.


Lucky for me I am not so much into cakes and pastry so not so affected.

And I am a distributor, distribute to my sis and bring to office for my colleagues. That way ensure we don't eat too much and still can afford variety.

how i wish i live near u....u' ll ensure u don't eat too much and has variety...haha

[QuiteKSMum]

[quote]Ingred : 2 eggs

¼ block butter ( 1 block = 250g)
150 g Top flour (I use bake king)
½ bottle thickened milk ( I use bulla, bot fr ntuc)
100g sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
¾ tsp baking powder
dried mixed fruits
[/quote]Hi Augmum,

Thanks for sharing so quickly.

Need some clarifications :

1) Flour - can use Cake flour ?( currently no Top flour at home)
2) Bulla milk - it's the small pkt, right ? ( maybe ard 250ml pack?)

Will try to bake this as soon as I get hold of all the ingredients. After baking, might want to brush on layers of rum progressively... DH likes it with the alcohol...

Will definitely feedback to u after baking...

:thankyou:

[jtoh]

Augmum:

LKVM:

yeah same here,.... have cut down on baking recently

for me, i up my baking, becos wanna to fatten my gal....

You lucky.

[Counter11]

Augmum:

Funz:

Not a baking master but one who bakes as a form of stress relief. haha.


We are all also learning. God knows how many failed attempts I've had.

Aside from the cracked top, the cake texture and taste is ok? Personally, I am not so particular about how it looks more on how is the taste.

Anyways, the 1st thought will be the temp of the oven is too high. Cannot follow the temp and baking timing blindly as each oven is different. That said, it takes a few tries to understand your own oven. C
heck out this site for more information on the possible problems.
http://www.baking911.com/cakes/problems.htm

metoo, so long it taste good
and it is not burnt, i'm ok with the appearance.

ya, agree....that's what i told counter 11, abt her oven.

Thanks Funz and Augmum for your replies. I baked in a 3-in-1 oven (microwave, grill and convection) at 180 deg celsius for 40 mins. My first attempt last week was bad. My son commented that the texture was more like bread than cake, and the top was tough like cookie! :?

Tried again this afternoon, beat the mixture for a shorter time. The texture feels more like cake this time, but the cake still raised quite high. Taste-wise, it was ok for both attempts.

Funz, thanks for the link. Will check it out. I need to get this right before I have the confidence to attempt other cakes.

[Augmum]

QuiteKSMum:

[quote]Ingred : 2 eggs

¼ block butter ( 1 block = 250g)
150 g Top flour (I use bake king)
½ bottle thickened milk ( I use bulla, bot fr ntuc)
100g sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
¾ tsp baking powder
dried mixed fruits

Hi Augmum,

Thanks for sharing so quickly.

Need some clarifications :

1) Flour - can use Cake flour ?( currently no Top flour at home)
2) Bulla milk - it's the small pkt, right ? ( maybe ard 250ml pack?)

Will try to bake this as soon as I get hold of all the ingredients. After baking, might want to brush on layers of rum progressively... DH likes it with the alcohol...

Will definitely feedback to u after baking...

:thankyou:[/quote]u're most welcome. i am delighted to share recipes esp those have tried b4.
1) Flour ---cake flour shd be no problem
2) Bulla thickened milk --- the one i bot comes in bottled form, 300 ml each

ok...happy trying.