Why do my cakes taste like cinnamon?
I baked a cake using eggs, butter, milk, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa and baking soda. I baked it at 450F for 30 mins. I tested it and the knife came clean. It looked okay but tasted horrible, like it contained cinnamon.
Then I tried another recipe which had the same ingredients but I was told to add baking powder. This one was baked at 325F for 30 mins in the middle rack of the oven.
However, when we ate it, it tasted horrible and like it had cinnamon, though I had put no cinnamon in either.
Why are my cakes coming out like this? How do I fix it?
Best Answer
From your list of ingredients, I can tell you are missing at least one ingredient.
Sugar
Or any kind of sweetener. Cocao powder by itself is very bitter and acidic. Without the sugar it's not too surprising the cake taste bitter and slightly sour.
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Why does my cake have a weird taste?
Adding too much flour makes your cake taste dry, while too much liquid makes your cake taste dense. Messing up your measurements is a sure fire way to end up with a face that expresses something is so off in this cake.How do you get the baking powder taste out of cake?
Mix in something acidic Use a small amount of an acidic condiment such as lemon juice or vinegar to neutralise the soda. If the recipe has chocolate, simply add half a teaspoon of cocoa powder to it. Buttermilk can also be used to counter the pungent taste of baking soda.Why do my cakes taste of baking powder?
When there is too much baking powder in a dish, it doesn't absorb into the rest of the dish as well as it should. This factor, combined with the strong bitter flavor of baking powder will lead to your entire baked dish tasting too bitter for most people to tolerate.Why does my cake taste like flower?
The most likely culprit though is packed flour. If you are using volume measurements (most likely given the source) for flour, it's quite possible to use nearly twice as much flour as the recipe intends simply because your flour is packed down more than the author's was.Top 5 Cake Baking Mistakes! | Preppy Kitchen
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Answer 2
My guess would be its the baking soda. This has a very strong taste and its very easy to add too much. I generally add less in all recipes as im quite sensitive to the taste of it and it completely ruins a good bake! Baking powder also contains soda, and would be the same problem. Taste a tiny bit of your soda plain and see if that is the flavour you are getting, if so, cut down the amount added.
Also i would agree that adding sugar is essential and the lack of it would compound the problem.
Answer 3
Did you put sugar in it? Because if you didn't it probably tastes bad because it needs sugar or something that will make it sweet.
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