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That one week where every cake I made sank in the middle
Last summer I had a week where every single cake I baked came out with a sunken center, no matter what I did. I tried different pans, checked my oven temp with a separate thermometer, and even swapped out my baking powder. Has anyone else hit a weird streak like that where everything goes wrong for no clear reason?
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phoenix_adams601mo ago
Was the sink happening in the center only, or was the whole cake kind of flat and dense too? Because I've had that week where it turned out my oven was actually running way hotter than the thermometer said after the first 10 minutes, so the outside set too fast and the middle collapsed. Or were your cakes maybe coming out with that raw, gooey strip right down the middle? That one's a different problem entirely.
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diana8291mo ago
Oh honey, actually that raw gooey strip thing isn't a different problem entirely, it's usually the same issue just at a different stage... underbaked center from the heat not getting through. That's why the middle sinks in the first place.
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