Cake help

[I Love Bimby!]

Hi,
Hoping you can help me with my cake dilema.  Since moving my cakes always rise high in the center and not evenly.  I though ages ago I had read that the oven is too hot. I have fan forced oven so usually cook about 10C less than the recipe asks for anyway. But do you think I can find where I read it?? 
I'm sure one of you will have the answer for me... please???   
Thanks!

[Thermomixer]

Probably the oven is too hot and the sides cook too quickly so that the middle of the mix then expands and breaks thru.

There are other reasons - but that would be the most likely.  Try dropping the temp about 10-20 deg next time.

[trudy]

Hi,  I find that when I am baking I DONOT use the fan.  Doing this gives a much better result. 

Hope this helps,

Trudy

[judydawn]

Don't laugh - this could happen to you

Thought I'd try the orange muffins posted by trudy but also had read her solution for cakes rising too much in the middle (see above).  Thought I would try it without the fan so turned the oven on, proceeded to mix and prepare muffins for the oven.  Put them in the oven - what, it's stone cold!!!  Just found out my oven doesn't work if the fan function isn't turned on

[brazen20au]

neither does mine judy lol

ILB i'm sure i've read that a very damp (but not dripping) towel / tea towel wrapped around the outside of your tin helps. but i tried to find the source and couldn't.

[I Love Bimby!]

Probably the oven is too hot and the sides cook too quickly so that the middle of the mix then expands and breaks thru.

There are other reasons - but that would be the most likely.  Try dropping the temp about 10-20 deg next time.

Thanks Thermomixer. That sounds like it. Will try reducing it the oven further next time 

Hi,  I find that when I am baking I DONOT use the fan.  Doing this gives a much better result. 

Hope this helps,

Trudy

Thanks Trudy - unfortunatly the when the oven is on so is the fan - there's no way to operate them seperatly. It's just a stock standard cheap oven.  Thankfully only renting. But when I get my own place....

[I Love Bimby!]

neither does mine judy lol

ILB i'm sure i've read that a very damp (but not dripping) towel / tea towel wrapped around the outside of your tin helps. but i tried to find the source and couldn't.

Thanks Karen. You have told me that before - I totally forgot about that.  Thanks. Hopefully I'll remember next time 

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