The top layer of cake should be placed top side down so that the top of the cake is as flat as possible. Allrecipes is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family. “A less-dense and wonderfully moist carrot cake with canned mandarin oranges rather than pineapple,” says Kali Peacock. “It tastes best if you let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.”

Devil’s Food Cake

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a 10-cup bundt pan with baking spray. As we strive to provide site experiences for browsers that support new web standards and security practices. Bake at 350° for minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. This article was co-authored by Maria Short and by wikiHow staff writer, Jessica Gibson.

Overbaked cake equals dry cake, and no one wants that. Start checking the cake for doneness after the recipe’s stated minimum baking time, but avoid opening the oven door before then, so that the heat doesn’t escape. For creamed cakes, insert a wooden toothpick near the center of the cake.

Layers of rum-infused ricotta filling, a mascarpone frosting and semisweet chocolate chips helps capture the essence of the Sicilian pastry. Here’s a trick that’ll help save an over-baked cake or transform a plain store-bought one into a party-ready dessert. Poke some holes and pour a combination of orange juice and heavy cream over the cake to give it a nostalgic creamsicle-like flavor. Leave it to Martha Stewart to make a classic combination feel fresh and exciting. But you don’t need the domestic doyenne’s expert skills to achieve it at home — getting this cake’s zebra-like interior is surprisingly easy.

Magic Cake Recipe

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Carrot Cake

It is important to remember when you are baking foam cakes that the batter needs to go in the oven as soon as it’s ready in order to prevent the egg whites from deflating. They also need to be baked in a tall pan due to the rise the egg whites give them.