What ingredients or technique make a cake dense and moist vs. crumbly and moist; more like the texture of banana bread than cake?
Good question! And not an easy one to answer since there are many factors that affect a cake’s texture, such as over- or underbaking, amount of leavening, oven temperature, etc. But generally speaking the TYPE of recipe that produces dense, moist cakes usually contains vegeteble oil (like banana breads) and/or an abundance of fat in the form of butter, sour cream, whipping cream, etc. (You’ll notice that light and airy angel food cakes usually contain no fat at all!)
I have a number of dense, rich, moist cakes you might be interested in trying: Brown Sugar Pound Cake, Banana Crunch Cake, Glazed Poppy Seed Cake and Whipping Cream Cake.
Why isn’t my homemade cake as light and fluffy as a cake from a box?
–Lynn
Do you have any recipes for burritos and tacos with ground beef?
–Tina
Need a recipe for stuffed cabage rolls — also back in time called “pigs in a blanket.” Thank you.
–Rose
Please add Chicken Divan to your collection of recipes.
Thank you!
–Mila
I really enjoy cooking in my bread machine. Will you add any recipes in the future?
–Marlene
Do you have a good recipe for a batter mixture for frying chicken that turns out crispy? My husband cannot eat pepper and spices.
–Jean
I would love to have your fluffy triple-lemon pie recipe. Thank you.
–Jackie
About 10 years ago I bought your recipe cards, but have lost the absolute best recipe. It was a pork and stuffing recipe that had apples. Do you still have that? It was one of …
Click to read Betty's answerMy neighbor in her 90′s is looking for a vintage recipe that she remembers her mom making. It is for “angel biscuits.” Can you help me find this recipe? Thanks.
–LK
Could you add a recipe for chicken tenderloins?
–Denise
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