Help! My cake is separating in the middle!
Hi guys
I bought new tins and im attempting a 2 tier cake with a 12" and 10" tin 3" deep. I decided to do a test run of the 12" tin and lucky I did! Something has gone very wrong. I have never made cakes this big.
Cake is cooked at 180 degrees c for 1 hour 7 mins. At about 15 mins i noticed an odd circle that looked as if it was cooking differently. By the end of the cook, it appears that I’ve cooked a cake within a cake and that it has nearly completely separated. It’s also a different height.
Please help! I need to make this cake for a party next sunday.
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I’m stumped. I’ve baked both 10" & 12" at 2" tall. That has never happened. Wondering if it’s your cake batter?
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Do you have a picture of what you are describing? From the sounds of it, it could be the edges have baked quicker than the center (which is what happens). You can slow down the process of the edges baking using baking strips (forget the actual name, but they are water soaked strips you wrap around a cake) and you can speed up the center baking using heating rods/heating core. I use heating rods for 10 inch and larger and may use a couple.
