Biscuits rock hardEspecially with things such as chocolate chip cookies, take them out when they’re still soft in the middle. Ebuehi says to make sure your batter goes no more than three-quarters of the way up the side of the tin. Photograph: iStockCake sinksThis will often happen if you open the oven so, unless your cake is burning or doming, don’t open it. Again, use proper measuring spoons, don’t heap unless so specified, and don’t use baking powder and bicarb interchangeably. Pastry burned on the bottomThis, as Packer puts it, is harder to fix, as is always the case with burning.

Source: The Irish Times July 02, 2020 04:52 UTC