Brides White Cake Crumbly?

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momof3jotynjake Posted 28 May 2005 , 1:57am
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Hola!
you know that flag cake i made.. i made it with the Brides white cake mix... and the girl.. she said when they cut into it, it was quite crumbly, but it was delicious! lol..

what caused the crumbs??

it had no filling.. i wonder if that had anything to do with it?

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peacockplace Posted 28 May 2005 , 3:02am
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That's what happened when I made it too! It was mosit and delicious, but just too many crumbs. i wonder if anyone knows why.

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Ladycake Posted 28 May 2005 , 3:07am
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Hola!
you know that flag cake i made.. i made it with the Brides white cake mix... and the girl.. she said when they cut into it, it was quite crumbly, but it was delicious! lol..

what caused the crumbs??

it had no filling.. i wonder if that had anything to do with it?






Would you mind sharing this recipe or tell me where you got it from ... I dont know your answer but would like to make it to see what your talking about.. I have never heard or seen a cake crumbly...

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momof3jotynjake Posted 28 May 2005 , 3:12am
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Hola!
you know that flag cake i made.. i made it with the Brides white cake mix... and the girl.. she said when they cut into it, it was quite crumbly, but it was delicious! lol..

what caused the crumbs??

it had no filling.. i wonder if that had anything to do with it?



sure... its a white cake box mix
1 stick of butter
1 cup of milk
2 tsp of vanilla
3 eggs

when i made it for the wedding. it was delicious..and i made it for my sis.. it was great... i wonder if cause it had pudding in the middle, it held it togehter more??



Would you mind sharing this recipe or tell me where you got it from ... I dont know your answer but would like to make it to see what your talking about.. I have never heard or seen a cake crumbly...


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Ladycake Posted 28 May 2005 , 3:16am
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There is not anything in this cake that would make it that way.. that is strange that is for the most part the way I make cakes...

Would you happen to have a photo of this cake when its been cut??? Meaning one of the ones that they say is crumbly???

its too late tonight to make this cake but I will and then see what it does...


How are you baking this?? Temp and how long???

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momof3jotynjake Posted 28 May 2005 , 3:27am
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There is not anything in this cake that would make it that way.. that is strange that is for the most part the way I make cakes...

Would you happen to have a photo of this cake when its been cut??? Meaning one of the ones that they say is crumbly???

its too late tonight to make this cake but I will and then see what it does...


How are you baking this?? Temp and how long???




WOW!! that would be GREAT victoria! thank you so very much.
i coated it too with simple syrup they day beofre they had it. it was a 1/2 sheet and baked it at 325 for about 45 min....
thank you!!!

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Ladycake Posted 28 May 2005 , 2:25pm
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There is not anything in this cake that would make it that way.. that is strange that is for the most part the way I make cakes...

Would you happen to have a photo of this cake when its been cut??? Meaning one of the ones that they say is crumbly???

its too late tonight to make this cake but I will and then see what it does...


How are you baking this?? Temp and how long???



WOW!! that would be GREAT victoria! thank you so very much.
i coated it too with simple syrup they day beofre they had it. it was a 1/2 sheet and baked it at 325 for about 45 min....
thank you!!!





That all just sounds right I dont know why it would do that ... I will try and make one today... but not sure if I will be able to or not have some friends coming in for the weekend but I will get it done and let you know what I find out....

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Ladycake Posted 28 May 2005 , 7:02pm
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Ok I have one in the oven right now....


The only thing I can see right now is that a box calls for 1 1/4 cups water and this recipe is only doing 1 cup milk so its a 1/4 cup short... Batter is a bit thicker then normal....

Also a box calls for 1/3 cup oil and the recipe is calling for 1 stick of butter a bit more oil but not sure that would matter cause I have used a full stick of butter before in mixes...

So WERE going to have to wait till it comes out of the oven...

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momof3jotynjake Posted 28 May 2005 , 7:51pm
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Ok I have one in the oven right now....


The only thing I can see right now is that a box calls for 1 1/4 cups water and this recipe is only doing 1 cup milk so its a 1/4 cup short... Batter is a bit thicker then normal....

Also a box calls for 1/3 cup oil and the recipe is calling for 1 stick of butter a bit more oil but not sure that would matter cause I have used a full stick of butter before in mixes...

So WERE going to have to wait till it comes out of the oven...



woo hoo! cant wait to hear the results!!!
Its a delicious cake.. and yes, my batter is really think also...
thank you!

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Ladycake Posted 28 May 2005 , 8:04pm
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Ok I have one in the oven right now....


The only thing I can see right now is that a box calls for 1 1/4 cups water and this recipe is only doing 1 cup milk so its a 1/4 cup short... Batter is a bit thicker then normal....

Also a box calls for 1/3 cup oil and the recipe is calling for 1 stick of butter a bit more oil but not sure that would matter cause I have used a full stick of butter before in mixes...

So WERE going to have to wait till it comes out of the oven...


woo hoo! cant wait to hear the results!!!
Its a delicious cake.. and yes, my batter is really think also...
thank you!





Its cooling right now... I have a friend that is a cake decorator that will be here in a few hours so will take it apart then... I want her to see it too and see what she thinks or sees.... So its going to be mostly late tonight for you before I am able to post it .. since were 2-3 hours differences....

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momof3jotynjake Posted 28 May 2005 , 8:25pm
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Ok I have one in the oven right now....


The only thing I can see right now is that a box calls for 1 1/4 cups water and this recipe is only doing 1 cup milk so its a 1/4 cup short... Batter is a bit thicker then normal....

Also a box calls for 1/3 cup oil and the recipe is calling for 1 stick of butter a bit more oil but not sure that would matter cause I have used a full stick of butter before in mixes...

So WERE going to have to wait till it comes out of the oven...


woo hoo! cant wait to hear the results!!!
Its a delicious cake.. and yes, my batter is really think also...
thank you!




Its cooling right now... I have a friend that is a cake decorator that will be here in a few hours so will take it apart then... I want her to see it too and see what she thinks or sees.... So its going to be mostly late tonight for you before I am able to post it .. since were 2-3 hours differences....




Ok! sounds great! ILL be on the look out for your post!
thank you!

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peacockplace Posted 28 May 2005 , 9:42pm
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I can't wait to see what happens. It's weird because it's not dry crumbly, it's moist and so yummy. It just has so many crumbs!

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Ladycake Posted 29 May 2005 , 4:34pm
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I can't wait to see what happens. It's weird because it's not dry crumbly, it's moist and so yummy. It just has so many crumbs!




Mine did the same thing... I think that its cause there is not enough liquid in the mix.... I am going to make another today or tomorrow with the what I think should be the right amount of liquid... and see what happens... Your right its not a dry crumbly but to me the outer sides of the cake was dry but the inside was just moist as can be.... I am going to play with this... My friend that is here for the weekend agress that its not enough liquid... Will see.... its also a bit more butter then what the box calls for... Box calls for 1/3 cup and with a full stick of butter your doing a 1/2 cup and the liquid is 1 cup and should be 1 1/4 cups liquid... The batter is supper thick compared to other....

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momof3jotynjake Posted 29 May 2005 , 4:46pm
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I can't wait to see what happens. It's weird because it's not dry crumbly, it's moist and so yummy. It just has so many crumbs!



Mine did the same thing... I think that its cause there is not enough liquid in the mix.... I am going to make another today or tomorrow with the what I think should be the right amount of liquid... and see what happens... Your right its not a dry crumbly but to me the outer sides of the cake was dry but the inside was just moist as can be.... I am going to play with this... My friend that is here for the weekend agress that its not enough liquid... Will see.... its also a bit more butter then what the box calls for... Box calls for 1/3 cup and with a full stick of butter your doing a 1/2 cup and the liquid is 1 cup and should be 1 1/4 cups liquid... The batter is supper thick compared to other....




strange!! Im really curious now!! How did you like the tast? I love the way it tastes!! hopefully what you are going to experiment with will be problem solver icon_smile.gif!!!!

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Ladycake Posted 29 May 2005 , 5:47pm
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I too liked the taste..... I am wonding thought what kinda milk did you guys use??? I used Whole Milk and I wonder if that is what is causing it to crumble??? Still waiting for the other one to come out of the oven... So will see...

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momof3jotynjake Posted 29 May 2005 , 5:58pm
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I too liked the taste..... I am wonding thought what kinda milk did you guys use??? I used Whole Milk and I wonder if that is what is causing it to crumble??? Still waiting for the other one to come out of the oven... So will see...



I used 2% milk.. I think it was delicious too!

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zoozieqv Posted 29 May 2005 , 7:53pm
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Hey, I just made a cake this weekend using a similar recipe.... I used a white cake mix, milk, oil and egg whites and mine was the same way. The customer wanted an 11x15x2 chocolate cake with an 11x15x2 white cake on top and buttercream in between. Everything was fine until I went to put the white cake on top and it crumbled in my hands....like into 8 pieces and when I was picking it up it was crumbling away. It was also a moist, delicious cake....just a crumbly one!!! I was baffled. I just pieced it together on top of the chocolate cake and hoped that the buttercream held it together...which it did, but I wonder how it was when they cut into it. I wanted to re-bake but didn't allow any time to do so. Let me know what y'all find out. Oh- I used 2 cake mixes and 2 1/2 cups of 2% milk.
Suzanna

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peacockplace Posted 29 May 2005 , 8:33pm
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This is so weird isn't it! I used 1%milk, so I guess the type of milk doen't matter. Good luck on your experiments!

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Ironbaker Posted 29 May 2005 , 10:29pm
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Hi ladies...I use a similar recipe but do 1/3c butter and 1 1/3 cup liquid (milk or buttermlk)...it doesn't come out so crumbly. I'm anxious to see what Ladycake finds out. It is a super moist cake. icon_smile.gif

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cakegal Posted 29 May 2005 , 11:12pm
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I used a similar one as well......just the outside of the cake was crumbly.... which shocked me.... I'm waiting patiently for the results from ladycake...
Very interesting topic..
cakegal

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Ladycake Posted 30 May 2005 , 4:04am
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Ok guys this is my thoughts on this ....

I made the other cake today like I said I was going to do... This time I did it with 1 stick of butter 1 1/3 cups milk 3 large whole eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla and this one was not crumbly... So I think that there was not enought liquid in the other one that is why it was crumbly and I think that eggs may have had some to do with it too... So try it that way and see what you think ... it was tasty and not as dry and it was not crumbly....


Tomorrow I will try and take photos so you can see....

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momof3jotynjake Posted 30 May 2005 , 4:30am
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Ok guys this is my thoughts on this ....

I made the other cake today like I said I was going to do... This time I did it with 1 stick of butter 1 1/3 cups milk 3 large whole eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla and this one was not crumbly... So I think that there was not enought liquid in the other one that is why it was crumbly and I think that eggs may have had some to do with it too... So try it that way and see what you think ... it was tasty and not as dry and it was not crumbly....


Tomorrow I will try and take photos so you can see....




AWSOME!! ILL GIVE IT A TRY!!
was it still moist? was it a good cake to where you would make it for an order?
thanks soo much!!

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momof3jotynjake Posted 30 May 2005 , 4:33am
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Ok guys this is my thoughts on this ....

I made the other cake today like I said I was going to do... This time I did it with 1 stick of butter 1 1/3 cups milk 3 large whole eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla and this one was not crumbly... So I think that there was not enought liquid in the other one that is why it was crumbly and I think that eggs may have had some to do with it too... So try it that way and see what you think ... it was tasty and not as dry and it was not crumbly....


Tomorrow I will try and take photos so you can see....




oh.. the eggs? do you mean not using only whites? in the other cakes, i put the whole eggs. is that what your tlaking about?

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Ladycake Posted 30 May 2005 , 5:42am
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Ok guys this is my thoughts on this ....

I made the other cake today like I said I was going to do... This time I did it with 1 stick of butter 1 1/3 cups milk 3 large whole eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla and this one was not crumbly... So I think that there was not enought liquid in the other one that is why it was crumbly and I think that eggs may have had some to do with it too... So try it that way and see what you think ... it was tasty and not as dry and it was not crumbly....


Tomorrow I will try and take photos so you can see....



oh.. the eggs? do you mean not using only whites? in the other cakes, i put the whole eggs. is that what your tlaking about?





Yes I put the Whole egg in But I used Large eggs.... and yes I think it would be good for a sell cake...

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momof3jotynjake Posted 30 May 2005 , 4:32pm
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Ok guys this is my thoughts on this ....

I made the other cake today like I said I was going to do... This time I did it with 1 stick of butter 1 1/3 cups milk 3 large whole eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla and this one was not crumbly... So I think that there was not enought liquid in the other one that is why it was crumbly and I think that eggs may have had some to do with it too... So try it that way and see what you think ... it was tasty and not as dry and it was not crumbly....


Tomorrow I will try and take photos so you can see....



oh.. the eggs? do you mean not using only whites? in the other cakes, i put the whole eggs. is that what your tlaking about?



i cant wait to see what happens!!


Yes I put the Whole egg in But I used Large eggs.... and yes I think it would be good for a sell cake...


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TreatsbyLiz Posted 30 May 2005 , 5:58pm
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I used the Cake Doctor recipe for the butter cake for my godson's cake and it was so crumbly that I was embarassed at the party! Other times I have made the same recipe and it was perfectly fine.

Another time I used the chocolate cake recipe in the same book and the same thing happened. So is the trick to just add 1/3 cup of milk extra? I lost sleep over this!!!

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