{"id":1934,"date":"2021-09-14T23:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T03:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakingnook.com\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2022-10-18T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:16:46","slug":"cake-crumbly-and-moist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakingnook.com\/cake-crumbly-and-moist\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is My Cake Crumbly & Moist: Preventing a crumbly cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This post contains affiliate links.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout my years as a baker, I’ve learned the struggles of getting your cake’s texture to be just right. Thankfully, I had a mentor by my side who thought me how to avoid baking a crumbly cake. Learning how to prevent a crumbly cake has saved me so much time and hassle throughout these years. Hopefully, these tips will help you avoid a crumbly cake as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n A cake is crumbly because of using too much flour, overmixing cake batter, not adding enough shortening, or not adding enough sugar. Flour contains gluten which, in excessive or small amounts, can change the structural integrity of the cake by making it crumbly and moist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing that some bakers are still struggling with crumbly cakes, I’ve committed to getting an in-depth dive into understanding why a cake becomes crumbly and moist.<\/p>\n\n\n