Don't mind me just having cake problems..... about to re-bake the same cake (due tomorrow) for the fourth time.  Taking a mental break before I do that and felt the need to write it here to make some of you feel better about yourselves right now

I hate it when that happens! Best of luck with cake number four!

Cris

So exactly what is happening to your cakes? Is it not done in the middle? Is it over done? Maybe the experts here can tell you what you are doing wrong if you explain to them the problem. Good luck!! Make sure you have an extra oven thermometer to see if your oven is calibrating the correct temperature. Here's hoping that this cake will turn out perfectly!!!!

Cake number four was fine, phew.

Yeah, they were coming out underdone in the middle. I know why it was happening, I'd never baked a cake that tall before and kept having to take it out slightly prematurely due to getting called out of the house, but hoping it would still be ok...so it wasn't really a technical issue... I won't bore you with details. Thank you though!

Glad it went well!

C.