CommonBakingProblemsAndWhyTheyHappen
CakesareunevenPanstoocloseor touchingeachCakesdon'tbrownon top.Incorrectrackposition.
otheror ovenwalls.Temperaturesettoolow.
Batterunevenin pans.Overmixing.
Temperaturesettoolowor bak-Toomuchliquid.
ingtimetooshort.Pansizetoolargeor toolittle
Ovennotlevel,batterin pan.
Undermixing.Ovendooropenedtoooften.
Toomuchliquid.
Cakehighin middleTemperaturesettoohigh.Excessiveshrinkage.Toolittleleavening.
Bakingtimetoolong.Overmixing.
Overmixing.Pantoolarge.
Toomuchflour.Temperaturesettoohigh.
Panstouchingeachotheror ovenBakingtimetoolong.
walls.Panstoocloseto eachotheror
Incorrectrackposition,ovenwails.
=CakefallsToomuchshorteningor sugar.
Toomuchor toolittleliquid.Uneventexture.Toomuchliquid.
Temperaturesettoolow.Undermixing.
Oldor toolittlebakingpowder.Temperaturesettoolow.
Pantoosmall.Bakingtimetooshort.
Ovendooropenedfrequently.
Addedincorrecttypeof oil to cake
mix.Cakeshavetunnels.Notenoughshortening.
AddedadditionalingredientstoToomuchbakingpowder.
cakemixor recipe.Overmixingorat toohigha
speed.
Cakes,cookies,biscuitsdon'tIncorrectrackposition.Temperaturesettoohigh.
brownevenly.Ovendoornotclosedproperly.
Doorgasketnotsealingproperly,Cakescrackontop.Batterovermixed.
Incorrectuseof aluminumfoil.Temperaturesettoohigh.
Ovennotpreheated.Toomuchleavening.
Pansdarkened,dentedorIncorrectrackposition.
warped.
_i_.i__;___Cakenotdonein middle.Temperaturesettoohigh.
,_ __==Pantoosmall.
Cakes,cookies,biscuitstooOvennotpreheated._ .
brownonbottom.Panstouchingeachotheror oven____
walls.
Incorrectrackposition.Piecrustedgestoobrown.Temperaturesettoohigh.
Incorrectuseof aluminumfoil.Panstouchingeachotheror
Placed2 cookiesheetsononeovenwalls.
rack.Edgesof crusttoothin.
Usedglass,dark,stained,warped
or dullfinishmetalpans.(Use
a shinycookiesheet.)Piesdon'tbrownonbottom.Usedshinymetalpans.
Temperaturesettoolow.
;_,_;._:Incorrectrackposition.
Pieshavesoakedcrust.Temperaturetoolowat startof
baking.
Fillingtoojuicy.
Usedshinymetalpans.
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