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/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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everything i bake fails
wat do

>> No.3802351

Never bake.

>> No.3802356

By the way, are there any sweet-ass bread verticals around here on /ck/.
I'm looking to do some baking soon.

>> No.3802358

- Pre-heat your oven properly;
- Check oven temp with a reliable thermometer;
- Follow the recipes better;
- Get your recipes from a reliable source.

>> No.3802360

>>3802345

Baking is quite difficult. Don't give up, mang!

>> No.3802375

>>3802345

It's easy to bake tasty things, but not easy to bake awesome things. I'm still pretty bad at it, and I've been focusing on making my baking better for about 4 months now.

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>>3802345

You are not that bad. Trust me.

>> No.3802412

>>3802360
>Baking is quite difficult

I suppose you want to make the tard feel better, but you don't have to lie in the process.

>> No.3802425

It depends on what you're baking. Is it cookies? bread? quickbread? cake? pastries?

also, preheating the oven doesnt matter unless you're timing it based of the time from a recipe. If I'm making bread I'll usually put the bread in the oven and THEN turn it on, it gives it a chance to rise a little bit more before it starts cooking.

>> No.3802435

Proper oven heat, bake using weights not volumes.

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>>3802435
>bake using weights not volumes.

BLASPHEMY!

>> No.3802830

http://eggbeater.typepad.com/shuna/2009/02/why-do-cakes-sink.html

learn by talking to people, not by recipes

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3802853

I'm generally ok at baking, but I can't make brownies to save my life. Seriously, even when I make them from a box they're never moist or chewy enough. What am I doing wrong?

>> No.3802856

>>3802853
Check your oven temp. It might be off.

>> No.3802859

>>3802853
maybe overmixing. just mix until it's combined unless the recipe says otherwise. and like anon said buy an oven thermometer, mine was 25 degrees cooler in the front.