Please can someone help me. I keep trying to make cakes and they are
an absolute disaster. Tonight i tried to make Bakewell tart and had
the same problem again. They look great in the oven and spring back
when touched but as they cool they sink and go flat and when i cut
into them they have a rubbery texter. What am i doing wrong? I follow
recipes to the letter and still they come out wrong.

Please can someone help.

"armitageshanks" > wrote in message
om...
> Please can someone help me. I keep trying to make cakes and they are
> an absolute disaster. Tonight i tried to make Bakewell tart and had
> the same problem again. They look great in the oven and spring back
> when touched but as they cool they sink and go flat and when i cut
> into them they have a rubbery texter. What am i doing wrong? I follow
> recipes to the letter and still they come out wrong.
>
> Please can someone help.

According to the recipes I looked at, Bakewell tart is a tart, not a cake.
http://www.cookitsimply.com/desserts...well-tart.html
http://www.bestbritishfood.freeserve.../bakewell.html
http://www.recipesource.com/desserts...1/rec0114.html

"armitageshanks" > wrote in message
om...
> Please can someone help me. I keep trying to make cakes and they are
> an absolute disaster. Tonight i tried to make Bakewell tart and had
> the same problem again. They look great in the oven and spring back
> when touched but as they cool they sink and go flat and when i cut
> into them they have a rubbery texter. What am i doing wrong? I follow
> recipes to the letter and still they come out wrong.
>
> Please can someone help.

According to the recipes I looked at, Bakewell tart is a tart, not a cake.
http://www.cookitsimply.com/desserts...well-tart.html
http://www.bestbritishfood.freeserve.../bakewell.html
http://www.recipesource.com/desserts...1/rec0114.html

NOTE: My Correct Address is in my signature (just remove the spaces).
On 21 Aug 2004 10:51:54 -0700, (armitageshanks)
wrote:

>Please can someone help me. I keep trying to make cakes and they are
>an absolute disaster. Tonight i tried to make Bakewell tart and had
>the same problem again. They look great in the oven and spring back
>when touched but as they cool they sink and go flat and when i cut
>into them they have a rubbery texter. What am i doing wrong? I follow
>recipes to the letter and still they come out wrong.
>
>Please can someone help.

That was how my mother in law's cakes were. She never used any baking
powder or other leavening ingredients. She also wasn't very good at
making egg whites stiff enough to keep them light.

What are you putting in your cakes to help them rise?

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Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)
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