Why is my cupcake brownie like?
I’m exploring different recipes and tweaking a few things to make a result I’m happy with. I finally found a perfect ratio for a vanilla cake but when I tried to alter it to chocolate I got a very brownie like result. How do I fix this?
Recipe contains: AP flour, CoCoa, BP, salt, milk, oil, butter, sugar and 2 eggs
Best Answer
Baking powder contains both a chemical leavener (baking soda) and the acid required to activate it. It is normally used instead of baking soda in recipes where there isn't enough acid to activate baking soda. Cocoa powder is very acidic. What may have happened is that the combination of cocoa powder and baking powder contained too much acid for the baking soda, which produced too much leavening, inflating your batter so much that it then fell, resulting in the dense, brownie-like product you got.
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Why does my cake taste like brownie?
You're adding a lot of fat and solids when you use actual chocolate, which is making the cake more dense. How much chocolate are you using? It may be good to add less chocolate and make up the remainder by adding a smaller amount of cocoa.Why are my cupcakes gummy?
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