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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.

289 K 3.9/5 (116 reviews)

1 min.

Easy

Last modified on: May 7^th 2020

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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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