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Trouble-shooting - fruit cakes
Problem Possible Cause
Fruit sinking to
the bottom
Low oven temperature which
may cause the cake to take
longer to set, allowing the
fruit to sink. Or, too much
liquid, or raising agent. The
fruit may not have been
properly washed and dried.
Cake sinking /
dipping in the
centre
Too much raising agent in
the mixture. Too hot, or
too cool an oven. Or, not
enough liquid or insucient
creaming.
Surface cracks
Too small a tin, or too much
mixture in the tin. Too much
raising agent in the mix,
plus not enough liquid or
insucient creaming. The
oven may be too hot.
Hard outer
crust with a
damp patch
inside
Oven too hot, therefore the
cake baked too quickly. Too
much sugar, or insucient
liquid.
Burnt outside
Oven temperature too high.
Oven too small for the size of
cake. Insucient protection
around the tin. Cake baked
on too high a shelf.
Texture with
pronounced
holes.
Too much raising agent. Flour
unevenly mixed.
Texture too
close and cake
insuciently
risen.
Not enough raising agent.
Not enough liquid. Too
cool an oven. Insucient
creaming.
Cake crumbles
when cut
Not enough liquid. Baked for
too long. Not enough sugar.
Too much baking agent.
Too dry
Over baking. Insucient egg
or liquid. Too much raising
agent.
Trouble-shooting - sponge cakes
Problem Possible Cause
Domed top
Insucient creaming of
mixture. Cake baked on
too high a shelf position, or
at too high a temperature.
Paper liners can cause the
outer edge not to rise and
the centre to peak.
Hollowed /
sunken top
Too much raising agent.
Oven temperature too low, or
incorrect shelf position. Cake
removed from oven before
it’s cooked. Use of soft tub
margarine.
Very pale, but
cooked
Oven temperature too low.
Baked too low in the oven
Overflowing tin
Tin too small for the amount
of mixture
Slow cooking (
S
Setting or 100°C)
4
Make sure that frozen foods are
thoroughly thawed before cooking.
4
Do not slow cook joints of meat or
poultry weighing more than 2¼kg/4½lb.
4
Preheat the oven to 170°C and cook for
30 minutes, then adjust the oven control
to
S
or 100°C (slow cook setting) for the
remainder of the cooking time.
4
Slow cooking times will be about 3 times
as long as conventional cooking times.
4
Do not open the oven door unnecessarily
during slow cooking, as this will result in
heat loss at low temperatures.
4
Always use dishes with tightly fitting lids.
To rectify badly fitting lids, place foil over
the dish underneath the lid.
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