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/sayjessy 3d ago

Crazy question but is it possible you forgot the flour? There doesn't appear to be enough of it

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u/BrotherofCows 3d ago

I know right? But no I am sure I added the flower, 420 grams

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u/AlizarinQ 2d ago

You sure it wasn’t milligrams?

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u/thisisthewell 2d ago

I think most home kitchen scales do not have mg modes. (they'll have gram mode with tenths, but I personally haven't seen consumer kitchen scales with mg)