10 reasons why your cake failed

Ever throwing your cake away because no one eats it after you sweated the whole afternoon baking one? Here are top ten reasons why your cake failed.

Reason 1
Obviously your cake does not taste right. Either it is too sweet, too dry, too hard or even tasteless. You may have also over-added certain ingredients into the batter and hence you are getting a bad result.

Reason 2
You are likely impatient too. You mix and blend your batter hastily without making sure your batter has mixed evenly. Or your egg whites batter simple does not form stiff peaks when beating.

Reason 3
You are also probably ill-prepared when baking cake. The problem is that you do not use the right tools during the baking process. Sometimes you may have problem using a hand whisker to beat the egg whites since you need to continuously beat them until fluffy as your hand gets tired easily. The best method is to use an electric beater or k-beater. Also you may want to get yourself a proper scale so that you can measure your ingredient's weight accurately. It's worth the investment for any baking afficionados.

Reason 4
You never read the cake recipe properly. At least read through the recipe, then make sure you have all the necessary ingredients and baking tools in place. Without having the right ingredients or proper method based on the recipe that you are using, you are most likely failed.

Reason 5
You likely over bake the cake. Always make sure the temperature of the oven is set correctly or according to the recommended temperature mentioned in the cake recipe. Typical temperature settings are 170ºC to 180ºC. Baking duration is normally not more than 40 minutes, so that notice of the time.

Reason 6
Your cake does not look nice. Decoration is very important in making your cake nicer. This is the time where you let your creative juice free flowing. There are many ways of garnishing your cake as there are many decorative ingredients available such as chocolate chips, cookies or even merely using melted chocolate.

Reason 7
Your loved ones probably do not like the type of cake that you are making. Some cake such as ginger cake may not necessarily be liked by some people. Understanding your key customers taste and requirements is important and helps you decide what type of cakes you need to bake.

Reason 8
You use sub-standard ingredients. Always use fresh ingredients when you are baking. Make sure your ingredients have not reached its expiry date. The way you store your ingredients is also important. Make sure the ingredients are stored according to recommended instructions on the box label.

Reason 9
You use wrong ingredients. Very good example is on the usage of flours. There is variety of flours out there, namely plain flour, self-raising flour, all-purpose flour, whole meal flour, sponge mix flour and many more. Using the wrong type of flour will definitely give a different result on your cake.

Reason 10
Your baking skill is simply not up to the mark. Remember that baking skill is just like any other skill sets that require enthusiasm, patience and lots of pratice. There is a lot of resources or information floating around in Internet or books that help you improve your baking skill. Just don't give up and good luck!