Beth
05-14-2005, 11:44 PM
I made a cake at the specific request of my sour-loving son, who was home sick 3 days this week and who missed a greatly anticipated backpack/canoe trip (I have to tell you this so you will understand that I made this cake as a devoted mom and not to demonstrate great baking skills).
The cake is called Super Sour Cake and uses a cake mix, soft drink mix (aka unsweetened Koolaid), lemonade concentrate, water, oil and eggs -- mixed in the usual manner and baked in a 13x9 pan. The final product is a strawberry pink/red cake with green icing -- a Dr. Suess-inspired look. :D (Understand the need for the explanation now? ;) :rolleyes:)
It was fine going into and coming out of the oven, but it developed huge cracks (for a cake) when it cooled. My first guess would have been that it was overdone, but I had tested it just a minute or two before I took it out and it was not ready then. I've never had anything other than a cheesecake crack like this, and even those had smaller cracks that this.
Well, the icing has covered them now, and the boys will either eat it or not. I just might have to make this again (perhaps a different color combination) for a cake walk at school next year -- or it could become a favorite until they outgrow the sour-rave stage, whenever that may be. So, any ideas about why this cake cracked up? Maybe it looked in a mirror???? :p
The cake is called Super Sour Cake and uses a cake mix, soft drink mix (aka unsweetened Koolaid), lemonade concentrate, water, oil and eggs -- mixed in the usual manner and baked in a 13x9 pan. The final product is a strawberry pink/red cake with green icing -- a Dr. Suess-inspired look. :D (Understand the need for the explanation now? ;) :rolleyes:)
It was fine going into and coming out of the oven, but it developed huge cracks (for a cake) when it cooled. My first guess would have been that it was overdone, but I had tested it just a minute or two before I took it out and it was not ready then. I've never had anything other than a cheesecake crack like this, and even those had smaller cracks that this.
Well, the icing has covered them now, and the boys will either eat it or not. I just might have to make this again (perhaps a different color combination) for a cake walk at school next year -- or it could become a favorite until they outgrow the sour-rave stage, whenever that may be. So, any ideas about why this cake cracked up? Maybe it looked in a mirror???? :p