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happybee
Newbie
Joined: Oct 01, 2009
Posts: 5
Location: Boston, Ma
Birthday: Apr 05
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:08 pm |
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I feel like such a fool - here I am all inspired to decorate my husbands 50th birthday cake and ALL the cakes I have made are flopping. I am hoping it is just the calibration of my oven (service call) but I have tried numerous recipes and the cake it either too dry or not cooked through the centre. Today was the final straw and I think I am going to just go to the local bakery and order the cake - guess its a safer bet.
Anyone out there experience anything like this. Can I really be the only one?  |
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pattycakesnj
Forum Addict
Joined: Jul 05, 2008
Posts: 723
Location: New Jersey
Birthday: Jul 15
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:17 pm |
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I always bake with bake even strips around the outside and a flower nail in the middle of any cake larger than 8 inches. No more dried out edges or soggy middles. Everything bakes evenly. HTH |
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JanH
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Joined: Mar 09, 2006
Posts: 12190
Location: Rapid City, SD
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:45 pm |
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Hard to bake cakes if your thermostat is on the fritz.
Everything you need to know to make, decorate and assemble tiered/stacked/layer cakes:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cak.....05188.html
Above super thread has popular CC recipes for crusting American buttercreams, several types of fondant and doctored cake mix (WASC and other flavors) - and so much more!
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step0nmi
Forum SuperStar!
Joined: Oct 02, 2006
Posts: 3093
Location: WI
Birthday: Feb 02
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:22 pm |
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are you scratch or box mix baker? |
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