1.
HAVE A GOOD RECIPE.
If you don't
have a good recipe in the first place, getting a moist cake might be a
difficult task to achieve. Ensure to follow the recipe and use the ingredients
as they are called for. Also follow the procedure as stated, don't take short
cuts.
2.
DON’T CUT DOWN ON THE SUGAR;
Sugar does more
than make your cakes sweet. In baking, sugar is considered as a liquid
ingredient and contributes to making them soft and moist. If you reduce the
sugar in a recipe, you are reducing the cake’s ability to hold onto that
moisture, which will likely result in a drier cake.
3.
DON'T OVER BAKE YOUR CAKE.
If you do, you
will have a dry and crumbly cake. Ensure you time your cake when you put it in
the oven and also regulate the temperature, an oven thermometer will be quite
helpful here. This will go a long way to preventing the cake from drying out.
4.
USE THE RIGHT PANS.
Dark, heavy pans
can cause the edges of your cakes to overbrown and dry up, so opt for
lightweight and light-colored metal pans, instead.
5.
USE BAKING STRIPS.
Using baking
strips will protect the outside of the cake and slow down the browning of the
crust so it doesn’t dry out before the centre of the cake is done. You can use
neat old towels soaked in water to wrap your cake pans, this also helps in
making your cake bake leveled without the doom in the middle.
6.
BRUSH YOUR CAKES WITH SIMPLE
SYRUP.
If for whatever
reason, your cake is looking a bit dry when you’re splitting it into layers for filling
or even if you just want to make sure your cake stays moist during the decorating
process, you can brush each layer with a simple SUGAR syrup. A cake soak can
both fix a dry cake and make sure that cake layers stay moist for days.
7.
STORE THE CAKE PROPERLY
If you don’t
store your cake properly after baking, then it can lose moisture very quickly especially
in dry season. The cake should be well wrapped in plastic wrap (clingfilm), and
stored in an airtight container after baking and cooling prior to when you are
ready to decorate.
8.
HOW YOU CHOOSE TO COVER AND
DECORATE YOUR CAKE WILL ALSO AFFECT THE MOISTURE.
The best way to
seal it is to cover the cake in chocolate ganache and then fondant or
buttercream then fondant that will stop them drying out while you’re decorating
the cake
9.
BONUS
Once the cake is
cut, any remaining cake should be stored in an airtight Container and refrigerated
better still frozen. Storing the cake airtight is the best way to keep the
moisture in the actual cake.
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