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grandem | 12:07 Thu 25th Mar 2010 | Recipes
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A friend made me a cake and brought round and it was so light compared to mine. What is the secret ?? I use soft marg should I use butter ??
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The lightness of a cake is a direct consequence of how much air you get into it at the beginning. Sift your flour from a decent height, cream your eggs and sugar until really light and fluffy and be very gentle with your folding in to prevent knocking out any air.
12:16 Thu 25th Mar 2010
Maybe it was lighter than yours because it was smaller ?
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Ha Ha !! I like it.
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Thank you CaroGirl, will give it a try !
for years all my cakes turned out heavy - you could build houses with them! many years later I found that if I added an extra teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture and then bake, they turned out lovely
I`ve never manged to make a decent sponge they have always turned out like biscuits. Mum was fantastic at making them & I`ve even made one exactly the same as here at the same time.....still biscuits !!!!

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