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edward-snowdenhands · 4 months ago

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The next time I bake a cake, I think I'm going to use AP flour. I used cake flour this time and it was kinda sandy... I think this could be for three (3️⃣) reasons:

Overbaked (the light is out in my oven, so it was hard to judge doneness--should've done a toothpick test more than once!)

overmixed (i drizzled in the liquid ingredients with an electric mixer)

the "reverse creaming" method is just not that great (i had never heard of it until this recipe)

bonus! cake flour just does that! (i first used cake flour in a tres leches cake; the sogginess would disguise the crumb)

#i'm inclined to think it was the bake #cake flour has less gluten #and the gluten develops from mixing the batter #flour is cheap so i could try again....#hmm maybe the problem is i unevenly cut in my butter #there were big chunks and tiny grains #everyone said they loved it tho so it couldn't have been too bad #but i think it could have been better #annnnddd post

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