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Unpopular opinion: I thought letting cake cool in the pan was fine until my Denver neighbor showed me her crumbly mess.
She pulled out a chocolate cake that just fell apart, said she left it in the Bundt pan for an hour. I always use a wire rack now, no more gummy centers. Anyone have a different trick for cooling dense loaves?
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jenny4222d ago
Used to do that too... learned my lesson.
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riverb1321d ago
Oh man, the "used to do that" line is a classic. We've all been there, acting like we invented leaving cake in the pan. Guess the pan had other plans for Jenny's loaf!
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the_riley22d ago
Honestly, I've left pound cake and banana bread in the loaf pan until it was cool for years. It never gets gummy for me. Maybe it's the recipes I use, they're pretty forgiving. That crumbly mess sounds like the cake just stuck, maybe the pan wasn't greased well enough. A wire rack is great, but I find for dense loaves, leaving it in the pan works just fine.
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