Making my sons bday cake for tmr and when it was done I took it out of the oven to set and cool. My mom within 3 seconds said NO YOU DO THIS and tried doing as seen in the pic, and when I said no wait until it’s cooled she shoved me aside and said I know how to bake and did it anyway (pic) there’s a very hot cake under there
My question is, am I tripping with this method? I plan to frost it tmr. I think she ruined the cake, but won’t know until it’s actually cooled down. Lmk if I’m wrong. My mom hasn’t produced a non dry cake unless it’s carrot in my whole life so I don’t trust her methods
by Shoddy_Nectarine_441
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it will create condensation moisture, cool it on a rack first out of the pan
She’s wrong. The heat needs somewhere to go, now it’s being trapped. I doubt it’s ruined, but the textured might be a little wet.
You know the answer based on her results in the past, don’t give in, she sounds like a narcissist lol
Don’t do this. Let cool on a wire rack.
She seems to be treating this like an angel food cake? You suspend those upside down for maximum fluffiness… but I’ve never seen that for a regular cake. I guess I’ve never tried it, but I would 100% be worried about it getting soggy then falling apart in there.
The stream from t will condense inside the pan, and it’ll be a soggy mess when you remove the pan.
Cool uncovered on a wire rack.
Gonna be a soggy cake I think
Foam-style cakes are cooled upside-down to prevent collapse, but even they are placed on a rack or balanced on other objects to allow air circulation. Closing it off like that is going to steam the cake to death.
I would not do this. It needs to cool as much as possible in like [waves hand] air.
Nooo, that’s not how you do it. Best case scenario at this point is that the cake is a little squidgy from being steamed post-baking. Worst case scenario is that it came loose from the pan in such a way that it split in half (assuming you didn’t put a circle of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan anyway).
> she shoved me aside and said I know how to bake
Well damn, gurl, so do you! Tell her so! It’s your cake, not hers.
Needs to be on a rack for 10 minutes then taken out of pan to cool completely.
Your mom has indeed ruined this cake. And she is an idiot.
Even cakes that you do cool upside-down, you cool on a rack so the moisture has somewhere to escape.
Your mom is nuts
Get a potholder and flip the dang thing around and take the pedestal off. If that heat doesn’t have anywhere to go, it’ll turn your cake into bread pudding. (Obvs, exaggerating for comic effect, but mom is still wrong.)
Parents who don’t know what they’re talking about but who try to continue to parent their adult children who have their own children, they’re super annoying. I’m sorry you have one of those.
She shoved you? Time to grab the rubber spatula and chase her out of the kitchen.
Your mother is a problem. Good luck with your cake
Whenever I see stuff like this I’m always amazed at how full adults let their parents tell them what to do
Some cakes do require to hang for a bit but those are special recipes and you need to think about it before baking since it’s important that the cake sticks to the pan for this to work.
The cake isn’t going to be ruined but you can flip it.
Also yeah if someone tries to touch my cake my answer is ‘no this is my cale and I’m doing it this way, you’re free to do what you want with your cakes’ I’ve gotten into arguments with my mom over cakes and breads (she used to cut into them while they were hot or cut the edges off or whatever. A few arguments later she no longer does it. Because it’s my cake. She can cut into hers whenever she likes.)
She probably still thinks steaming broccoli is the best way to cook it
You have my sympathy. Is she thinking of pannetone?
My mom did a similar thing a few months back when I was proudly showing her my home made pasta for the first time- poured a giant glug of olive oil into the boiling pasta and then insisted I was crazy for not “appreciating” the help 🙃
Oh you have my favorite stand and cloche! I got it from a friend’s wedding, but it fell off my counter 🙁 could you tell me the brand?
It really depends on the cake. Angel food cake and a few other egg foam based sponges are cooled upside down so the structure doesn’t collapse as it cools. I wouldn’t cool a devils food cake or other hi ratio cake upside down in the pan though
Am I’m the only one who initially saw this as a black fondant single layer cake on a beautiful stand?