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Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady
 
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(Please NOTE: My correct e-mail address is in my Signature) On Fri, 10
Dec 2004 01:06:35 -0500, during the rec.food.baking Community News
Flash silentking > reported:

>The problem that I'm having is when I bake a cake I get a little raised
>edge around the edge of my 9 inch round cakes.
>Is this normal? Am I putting too much batter in the pan? Is my oven too hot?
>Thanks for the help.


I'm not an expert but I'm thinking that you probably roll the batter
around the edges of the pan before you put it in the oven - in an
effort to try to get the sides of the cake to rise as high as the
middle. If you do that, and you get it too high up the sides, it will
make that little edge.

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