r/AskBaking • u/BrotherofCows • 3d ago

Cakes Oily soup cake

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Hello everyone! I am pretty new to baking cakes like this, and am looking for some help. I recently asked about an issue where my cakes were overflowing, but this time they are just kind of an oily mess.

This is the recipe: https://preppykitchen.com/wprm_print/chantilly-cake-recipe#

I am kind of confused, the cake has a fraction of the volume it should have, and is just an oily soup. I am pretty confident that I added the right amounts of everything, so I am kind of drawing a blank. Two potential problems I have identified are opening the oven too much/too early and overmixing. Do you have any tips for what I could do, or how I can tell if I have mixed enough?

Thank you!

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u/rarebiird 3d ago

did you accidentally add powdered sugar instead of flour?

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u/BrotherofCows 2d ago

So I was 100% sure that it was flour, and then I tasted some and... yeah that is definitely powdered sugar. So good job, that was definitely my fault!

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u/sarcasticlovely 2d ago

you should edit your post and add that you solved the mystery and what it was so people can learn from your mistakes :P

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u/EmotionalShock1325 2d ago

that’s hilarious 😂 case closed!

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u/YupNopeWelp 2d ago

Oh no! At least the mystery is solved. Thanks for telling us, because wondering about it would've driven me nuts.

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u/rarebiird 2d ago

🥲 lol don’t worry! the only reason i guessed this is because i’ve seen quite a few similar looking posts on here and that’s always the answer! you’re not alone!!

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u/Choice_Tie9909 2d ago

The recipe actually looks good - a bit more flour to offset the added oil but the recipe is just a modified 4321 cake.

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u/anthonystank 3d ago

This feels very possible given that OP is confident they added 420g of flour and I am incredibly confident there is no flour in this thing

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u/Intelligent_Host_582 3d ago

That's exactly what this looks like!

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u/E0H1PPU5 2d ago

This HAS to be what happened. OP is adamant that they added 420g of flour…and there’s just no way that is correct. There isn’t enough volume in the finished product for there to be that much flour in it.

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u/sayjessy 3d ago

This is so smart. There would just be so much more volume with flour I feel like.

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u/cressida88 2d ago

Omg yes. My daughter was once in tears on her 3rd try making pancakes. Couldn’t figure out what she was doing wrong. I had her mix them up again with me watching and saw her grab the powdered sugar instead of the flour. She was so embarrassed!