Marble Cake Too Dry

A dry cake is usually the result of one of the following pitfalls.

Marble cake too dry.

Everyone loves rich moist cake psst chocolate lovers take note of these decadent chocolate desserts but sometimes we fail in getting that lush texture. Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. Finding the right balance between wet and dry ingredients is key. If there s simply too much flour and not enough butter a cake will taste dry.

Sometimes despite your best efforts a cake turns out dry. The ratio of wet to dry ingredients determines a cake s moisture level. With a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on high speed in a large bowl until smooth and creamy about 1 minute. Brush on a simple syrup.

Your cake is too dry. This is probably one of the biggest cake sins out there. Using the wrong ingredients making mistakes while mixing the batter or baking the cake too long or at too high a temperature. Here s what you can do to fix the problem after the cake is out of the oven.

First i mixed the sugar and butter until fluffy then added the eggs 1by1 then having put all the dry ingredients together beforehand i added a little at a time alternating with the milk. I am in az at around 1200 ft above sea level and i reduced the oven temp to 340f i usually bake at 325f and my 2 8 rounds were done at 24 min. However it is unique in that the eggs are then added one at a time before the reminder of the wet ingredients are slowly poured in. The culprits for dry cake are ingredients that absorb moisture such as flour or other starches cocoa or any milk solids.

This cake was just what i wanted reading the other reviews beforehand too dense i simply reversed the order in which i mixed the ingredients. The mixing method for this marble cake is most similar to the reverse creaming method of mixing that we have used in several of our recipes in that the dry ingredients are combined before the butter is mixed in. But these cakes are not a lost cause. On the other hand if there s too much milk and not enough flour a cake will taste too wet.

A second and equally damaging culprit is over baking. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Very light and fluffy not too sweet and no bitterness like some other marble cake recipes i ve tried recently. How to fix dry cake after its baked.

Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.