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5 tricks to make a cake fluffy

By Kiwilimón - 2019-03-04T16:44:56.408376Z
When you bake a cake for the first time, you imagine it will be perfect, fluffy, and appetizing, worthy of a high-end pastry photograph; but the truth is that it doesn't always happen. But don’t worry, there is a solution. Make your cakes fluffy every time with these 5 baking tricks.Follow the recipe to the letter.This may seem very obvious, but in baking, this advice is not out of place. Cooking is a chemical process, and as such, altering the ingredients will modify the result. It's very common to improvise or substitute ingredients, something like applying a it was easy for me approach or measuring by eye. When preparing savory dishes, this might yield good results, but in baking, it is almost certain that it will end up being a bad idea. So, weighing the ingredients correctly and following the recipe step by step is a good start to achieving fluffiness. Bring the ingredients to room temperature.The temperature of the ingredients is essential for the mixing and integration process. For this reason, it is super important that all your ingredients are at room temperature, mainly milk, eggs, and butter. Just take them out of the refrigerator a little while before you start.Add air, lots of air.The batter of a cake requires a lot of air to become fluffy, and this is achieved by beating the eggs very well. The beating can be done manually or with a mixer, separating the yolks from the whites. Whichever way you do it, you must beat and keep beating until the mixture triples in volume and looks like a white mousse.Sift the flour.This sounds like a complex process, but it is nothing more than passing the flour through a sieve. Flour is the protagonist of the batter and, therefore, needs to be free of lumps, soft, and contain enough air to facilitate mixing and integration with the other ingredients, thus achieving a better consistency.Take care of the baking process.Some of the most important things to consider when baking are:* Preheat the oven before placing your pan inside.* Place the pan in the center of the oven for more even cooking.* Do not open the oven too soon. While there is a time to check the cooking point, this should never be before two-thirds of the total time.Now that you know these tricks to make a cake fluffy, it's time to put them into practice. Here are some recipes for delicious cakes:Cornbread CakeDelicious Flourless Chocolate CakeCinnamon RollConcha Bread