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How to know when a cake is cooked
It's a frequently asked question and it's not so easy to answer it, especially for beginners: you can have a cake that's nice and golden brown outside, but which is not cooked enough in the middle.
300 K 3.9/5 (116 reviews)
1 min.
Easy
1 pieceLast modified on: May 7th 2020
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 min.
Step by step recipe
Stage 1
To test if your cake is fully cooked, open the oven door, pull the cake toward you and insert a knife vertically in the center until reaching the middle of the cake.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.
If when you remove the blade, there is dough on the blade (see photo) then the cake is not yet done.
Stage 3
If the blade is clean after removal, then the cake is done.
Source: Home made.
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