Sponge cake is a very capricious pastry. After all, even if the recipe for its preparation is violated quite a bit, then the dough during baking either will not rise, or will not bake, or the cake will turn out to be dry. To avoid all of the above problems with the dish, it is important to know and apply in practice all the nuances of working with the biscuit dough.
Sponge cake is one of the best base for pastries and cakes. But since baking requires special skills and abilities in cooking, some housewives refuse to prepare biscuit delicacies. Yes, it is not easy to cope with a capricious biscuit, but if you take into account all the nuances of baking, even a novice hostess can bake a tall airy crust, ideal for creating a cake.
Why does the biscuit settle after baking
In order for the biscuit to turn out tasty, porous, and when it is removed from the oven, it does not settle, it is important to prepare the dough correctly and observe some rules for baking the dessert.
Firstly, the airiness of the crust depends on the stage of beating of the eggs for the dough and the accuracy of mixing the flour into the egg mixture. It is worth remembering that the denser the egg foam, the more porous and softer the biscuit. Therefore, the eggs for this baking must be beaten until the final product begins to hold its shape. As for mixing flour, this is one of the most important stages in preparing the dough for a biscuit, the state of the baking itself depends on the correctness of the process. The fact is that if you use a mixer when mixing egg foam and flour, the dough will settle, the product will become unsuitable for making biscuits. And since maintaining the airiness of the dough is the main thing in preparing a biscuit cake, then to mix these products it is necessary to use only a spoon or spatula, and the work itself should be done very carefully.
Secondly, the airiness of the biscuit is influenced by the temperature at which the dessert is prepared. The optimum temperature for baking the cake is 180 degrees, since it is with this mode that the delicacy is baked evenly.
Thirdly, the biscuit does not like sudden changes in temperature, therefore, when cooking it, in no case should you open the oven door. Leaving the baking in the kitchen appliance until it cools completely has a beneficial effect on the condition of the cake.
