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i did the chocolate cake with the recipe that one of the members had given for a 9″, and it came out great. today i tried pauls recipe for the 10″ and the 6″. the 10″ sank in the middle, still waiting for the 6″ to come out. very dissapointed the the test run went so well and the actual cake is a flop. any suggestions of what i can do to salvage the cake and not have to redo the whole thing?

Hi JustJo78

If the cake hasn’t sunk all the way down, ie it still has a fair amount of depth in the middle, level it off and keep
all the trimmings. Slice the cake in half ready for filling. Slice up the trimmings the best you can as these will
become another layer which will give a little more height. Place filling on bottom layer nice and high, and arrange the trimmings to form the middle layer. Add more filling and place on the top layer, ganache or butter cream cake as usual and decorate. Alternately, if the cake has sunken too much cut out the centre to form a ring cake, slice in half, fill and decorate as you like. Hope it all makes sense. X

Have had success putting sunk cakes in the microwave for about a minute .its probably too late for this one.

This is interesting hilaryb. Which temperature is best? Useful to know if it works out.

i usually cut out the sunk part carefully and replace with whatever size round cake is need. Put it in with plenty buttercream and no one’s any the wiser 😉

Recently I sliced off to level, still with some dent where cake had sunk, thinly spread a little clear piping gel and then put suitable trimmings back (make sure not crusty) back in place. Worked very well, particularly as gel is invisible and also very little taste. Think the reason for sinking was that I over-whisked the particular recipe as it originally rose like a soufflé. Cut really well with no evidence of the problem. If a cake is beyond salvage you can always make cake pops with the crumbed mixture.

I put microwave on high and it rises as you watch it.if you do it too long it goes hard so a miinute is enough usually

thanks all for your advice, managed to salvage the cake, and it turned out pretty good. looked good and tasted even better. people cake for the crumbs too when the cake was finsihed, was definetly a crowd favorite. has anyone ever tried it with vanilla buttercream?