Sponge Cakes Go Sticky Now
Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you could enlighten me_ why my sponge cakes go wet and sticky after they come out of the oven. This_ has been my experience for the past three years or more. Previous to this I made very successful sponges from the same recipes. "Susan," Onehunga. Well, Susan, the recipes must be all right, as you always used to use them so successfully; but I wonder if you are putting just a little too much sugarperhaps using a bigger cup for measuring. A little too much sugar could account for it. But most likely it is the present-day flour, which is blended differently from the flour of a few years ago, and there is not so much gluten in, I understand. If you take out a tablespoon or two of the flour, and substitute cornflour or arrowroot, I think you'll find your difficulty is overcome. It is the same with white sauce, which should be made with ordinary flour, but nowadays just a little cornflour seems to make it keep the right consistency. :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 390, 13 December 1946, Page 27
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183Sponge Cakes Go Sticky Now New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 390, 13 December 1946, Page 27
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