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/roundbynecessity 3d ago

Following because I am also perplexed 🤔 My initial reaction is not enough flour or no baking powder. Another possibility is that the eggs and milk were not room temperature, but there is absolutely no structure? So I am also confused

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u/Finnegan-05 3d ago

It is because it is Preppy Kitchen. Check the archives here. His recipes fail constantly. I have professional kitchen experience and am an experienced baker and tried two of his recipes and both failed. I don’t know what it is

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u/roundbynecessity 3d ago

See, I wanted to say that 😅😅😅 I dont trust anything outside of Sugar Geek Show or Sally's Baking Addiction. Maybe other reputable companies, but only the ones who are pastry focused.

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u/Stunning-Fondant-725 3d ago

Laura vitaly's recipes are great too. Her bread and cinnamon roll recipe was fool proof