How Do You Apply Cake Making Shortcuts?
As every baker knows there are many tips to baking the perfect cake. Whether you bake for a profession, for family celebrations, or for the dinner table, applying cake making shortcuts can make your work easier and,oh so, sweet ! Add cocoa to dust a greased cake pan before adding chocolate cake batter. Cocoa will bring a new level of richness to an already decadent flavor. Use flour for a white cake batter pan. As an alternative to any cake flavor; you can use just a smattering of the original dry cake mix (if you’re making it from a package) to dust the pan with before adding the batter. These cake making shortcuts serve a double purpose: to “flour” the pan so cake doesn’t stick; as well as to not have the flour look, and taste, on exposed cake that won’t be frosted. (Flour is generally unnoticeable on white, or light colored cakes.) Beat your cake batter LESS. Unlike gravy, you WANT lumps. Lumps in a cake provide air pockets to make a cake lighter and fluffier. When beaten till compl
