Once upon a time I made a cake for my dad--one of my very first cooking creations. My parents went out to dinner and while they were gone I made him a cake. When they got home, I surprised my Dad with the birthday cake! He took one bite, then started to scrape the frosting off. He then proceeded to stretch the cake out and play with it. I had created a bouncy, chewy rubber cake--a cake too dense and rubbery to eat!
What Makes a Cake Too Dense and Rubbery?
I did a lot of research online about this and found that a cake becomes rubbery and chewy due to several reasons:
- Overmixing of flour activating the gluten
- Incorrectly creaming the butter and sugar
- Use of too much oil
- Overcooking the cake
- Overbeating your batter
- Distraction--I added this one. It's the #1 reason food doesn't turn out in our house
- Humidity
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Ingredients
The ingredient list is very simple for this recipe. You will need:
- Melted butter, oil or milk
- Sugar
- Egg
- Flour
- Vanilla
Instructions
First off, I had to go back to a place of inner ten year old. What would I have done back then? Luckily for me I got one of my nails ripped off during the making of this cake and had to go find nail clippers. So the batter got mixed for a very, very, very long time. I also used melted butter and overbeat the butter, sugar and egg. All of these things help make a nice cake too dense and rubbery!
Fingers crossed this works!
Serving
Make sure to slather this cake in a nice thick frosting to give off the illusion you made a nice beautiful cake! Everyone will be excited to stretch out a slice of this cake. If you're looking to make a nice legitimate 5 ingredient or less cake, try our soda cake, carrot cake, or molten lava cake!
The Infamous Rubber Cake--When Cake is Too Dense and Rubbery
Equipment
- cake pan
Ingredients
- ½-3/4 cup melted butter or oil or milk can substitute apple sauce for a really chewy rubbery version
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 1 cup self rising flour or cake flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8x8 inch pan and set aside.
- In a mixer, blend the egg, sugar and oil or butter together until blended. About a minute or two.
- Add the flour and vanilla, stirring until blended well. Cake mix instructions usually say 2-3 minutes...I say 7...8?
- Pour the mix into the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until nicely browned. Remove and allow to cool completely.
- Eat plain or frost the cake.
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