Baking Failure and Causes

Sticking to pan
- Insufficient greasing of pan.
- Underbaking.
- Poor Volume
- Wrong baking temperature.
- Not enough leavening agents.
- Too much liquid or fat.
- Wrong pan size
- Undermixing

For Sponge and Chiffon Cakes
- Overfolding
- Insufficient baking of eggs
- Underbaking

Cracked or peaked Top
- Oven too hot.
- Too much flour

Coarse, dry crumb
– Too much leavening agent.
– Too much flour
– Too little liquid or sugar
– Overbaking

Tough Texture
- Overmixing
- Too little Fat or sugar.
- Overbaking.

Crumbly Cake
– Too much fat or sugar.
– Undermixing

Large holes / tunnels
- Overbeating
- Too much leavening agents.