Why is my sponge cake hard and not rising? Do I need to add baking powder and whipping cream?
Did you add the cake whipping oil! I'm not sure if you need to add baking powder and whipping cream, but if you don't, it won't rise. 1. whole egg egg 510G , 2. milk milk 107G, 3. sugar sugar 284G, 4. sponge oil cake oil emulsifier (must be put, but also can not be put more) 30G, 5. C.F cake flour 400G (the best to take the net filtered), 6. melt butter (to be dissolved) 38G first the first four kinds of put into the machine Whip, (maximum horsepower) about 5 minutes. After turning the small gear slowly add flour, and finally add the dissolved butter, it is best to mix by hand, so it is not too easy to diarrhea. Put about two-thirds of the mold, 200 degrees temperature for about 20 minutes, you can use a knife into the cake, pull out the knife is very clean, the cake is ready. If you want to save, wrap tightly with plastic wrap, such as long-term preservation can be put into the freezer refrigerator, to be used when you take out the automated solution, will not affect the taste. Give you a chocolate 500G eggs, 454G milk, 284G sugar, 134G cake oil, 275G cake flour, 88G cocoa powder, 3G baking powder, 45G dissolved butter (practice the same as above) You must use the cake flour (low gluten flour) or the texture is not good. This is a very good recipe, very precise. I answered it by hand. But you don't trust the recipes in some books out there, that's not true. (Cake oil is not baking powder, although it belongs to the chemical, but baking powder also belongs to the chemical, and the taste is not as good as cake oil, very astringent, the baking store have to buy. You don't have to beat the egg white and egg yolk separately, but you must beat the sugar and eggs together,, sugar melted, the eggs will be hair if you don't beat the sugar and eggs together, the cake is stiff)>