How to bake a perfect cake base? Why not open the oven immediately after baking and how to beat the egg whites?

Always stick to the recipe

The main secret to becoming a successful baker lies in following the recipes exactly. Professionals who have baked hundreds of cakes can, of course, modify the recipes for the preparation of cake bases because they know all the rules. But if you're new to cake baking, follow the recipe to the last letter. Be especially careful if you want to reduce the amount of sugar. Sugar is the ingredient that gives the base that softness and acts as a binder for the individual ingredients.

Handle the whipped egg whites with special care

You certainly know the trick to check that the egg whites are perfectly whipped. You turn the bowl upside down. If the mixture stays on its place, you've created perfectly whipped egg whites. If the beaten egg whites do not hold together, beat them a little longer. Once you're done, you have to be really careful and gentle when mixing the egg whites into the batter. Thanks to the whipped egg whites, the cake body will be fluffy, so immediately after you have carefully worked the egg whites into the dough, put the base into the oven so that the whipped egg whites do not fall down.

Why not open the oven as soon as the cake base is baked?

Do you know why you mustn't open the oven at least 15 minutes before the end of the baking time when the cake base is baking? You risk that the cake base would fall or simply not rise.

1. The sunken cake base collapses and a "hole" is visible in its center.
2. The cake body that does not rise is flat and it is clear from the look that it will be dense and not fluffy in any way.

Therefore, check the baking progress through the door. If there was a change in the temperature inside the oven during the first half of baking, the resulting product could go bad.

How to prevent the cake base from bulging

The opposite problem can be the base of the cake, which bulges strangely during baking. This unwanted bulging occurs when:

1. you set a high temperature when baking and the cake will bake faster from the bottom
2. you added a cold ingredient to the dough (eggs, milk, whipping cream)
3. you mismeasured the liquids and added less than the recipe says.

Avoid basic mistakes when baking cake bases and become a master baker. The more cake bases you bake, the easier their preparation will be and you will get to know and follow all the tricks.

In order for your cake base to always be supple, fluffy and totally tasty, don't forget to bake with love. Recipes for perfect cake bases can be found below.

1. An excellent and the easiest cake base - Mr. Cake Base

So simple and so fluffy. Even a beginner in baking no longer have to be afraid to bake a simple dough for a cake. Sometimes it's really a dilemma to bake something for the birthday of someone you love. If you want to please someone and bake something, be sure not to miss this basic dough recipe. The dough is without baking powder, it is simple to prepare and you are going to succeed for sure.

You can find recipe HERE

2. The most perfect cake base

I have to brag that I have probably never had more beautiful base for a cake!

You can find recipe HERE