Akberally and Co. | How To Bake Perfect Cake: 7 Tips To Remember
Baking a cake is actually quite simple and a fun process. All you have to do is follow our 7 key tips to avoid any blunders and you are good to go. The tips imply to all types of cakes, big, small, simple or a gateau.
1. Read the Recipe thoroughly!
First and most important step. Read and memorize the recipe as much as you can or put it in front of you while preparing the batter. It's okay if you've baked a cake before, but it's still a good idea to keep a recipe to follow in front to refresh the steps so you don't miss any. Another thing you would want to do is to collect and keep all the ingredients on the counter so you don't panic in the latter.2. Add Full-fat milk and unsalted, original butter to the cake mix
This tip will make everyone fall in love with your cake. Why even bother with the cake if it's not a treat on your cheat days? Using full-fat milk and original butter will give the cake sponge the moisture and softness that enriches the whole recipe.3. Mix dry ingredients before adding wet ones
This tip will prevent over-mixing and under-mixing the cake batter. Overly mixing dry ingredients with wet ones will give your cake a rough texture as it will disrupt the gluten properties in the flour. And undermixing makes crumby layers and disrupts the baking process.4. Prepare cake pans with butter or parchment paper
Preparing a cake pan is another crucial part that you would want to be careful with. Prepare the pan by placing parchment or butter paper and caressing it with oil so that the cake sponge is easy to pop out when we take it out of the oven. If we are not careful with this step, the cake sponge might break or stick to the pan. Making all the efforts go in vain.5. Pre-heat Oven
It is always recommended to bring the oven to the desired temperature you want to bake your cake in. This is because we need to put the cake into baking right away once we add baking soda to the mix. Once the cake pan is inside the oven, close the oven, set the timer and don't open it until the timer ticks off.6. Tooth Pick Test
Once the timer ticks off, open the oven and insert a toothpick into your batter. If the toothpick comes out clean the cake is perfectly cooked. If not, then the cake is partially baked only.7. Crumb layers disrupt frosting and cake decorating
Even out the layers from all sides with a base frosting all over the cake to even out all the layers. Then start off with the decoratives and colourful frosting to customize your cake.For baking and confectionary items of the best quality, visit https://www.efakberally.com/ to order amazing vibrant fondants, food colours, chocolates and much more to make your cake impressive.