Melt-in-your-mouth cake recipe costs almost nothing and is super easy to make (2024)

FAQs

What gives cakes a melt in the mouth texture? ›

Much of the tender, melt-in-the-mouth texture of cake comes from gas bubbles, which subdivide the batter into fragile sheets. The majority of this air is added in this initial stage by vigorous mixing of the fat and sugar – a process called "creaming".

However, anyone well-versed in the ways of the dump cake will tell you that there is one rule you should never break when making a dump cake. Since it's not a step that you'll ever see in most other cake recipes, it can be easily missed. The mistake to avoid is simple: Don't mix it.

In the melting method, the butter or fat and sugar are melted together in a pot before the eggs are added. After which, the other dry ingredients are mixed in the mixture. This method does not use whisking or beating, so in order to make the cake rise, you would need some baking powder.

Baking powder is mixed with the flour. When water is added to this flour to make dough, baking powder undergoes a chemical reaction during which carbon dioxide gas is produced. This carbon dioxide gas gets trapped into the dough and bubbles out which causes the cake to rise making it soft and spongy.

If your cake is too dense or too heavy, you may need more leavening or liquid, or you may have used too much sugar or shortening. If your cake crust is too light, you may need more sugar. If your cake doesn't have good flavor, your formula may be unbalanced, or you may need to check the quality of your ingredients.

Will cake melt outside? Unless it's an ice cream cake, the cake itself won't melt, but if it's frosted, the frosting will melt. In melting, some of the frosting will make parts of the cake too soggy to retain it's integrity, so it too will appear to have melted.

Again, do NOT mix.

It might look silly and feel counter-productive, but it's the trick to ensuring a crusty, crumbly, buttery top, and a gooey interior. Alternatively, some recipes will call for melting the stick of butter and drizzling it evenly over the entire portion of dry cake mix instead of using cold butter.

Yes, you should refrigerate dump cake once it's baked and cooled. Store the cake in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days. Why is my dump cake powdery? If you've baked your dump cake and there's still cake mix powder on the top, it's likely because the butter wasn't evenly distributed on top of the cake.

Once baked, a dump cake comes out like a cross between fluffy cake and melty cobbler. Soft ooey-gooey bars come to mind, except more scoopable. Many people choose to use store-bought pie filling or canned fruit as the base, but you can really customize it to fit your taste.

Melt, Mix and Bake

This process involves melting the butter before combining it with the other ingredients. This is frequently done to beat the batter more quickly and with less effort. Eggs and other dry ingredients are frequently added after butter has been melted in a pot.

What does melting butter do to cake? ›

This is where melted butter works its magic. By swapping out softened butter for melted, you reduce the amount of air that's trapped in the batter and rely exclusively on the power of chemical leavening agents (in this case, baking powder) to do the heavy lifting.

In this method dry ingredients are sieved, placed in the bowl with the other ingredients and blended slowly for two minutes. The mixture is then beaten at medium speed for about four minutes and finally on slow speed for a further two minutes. The finished batter should be thick and smooth but still pourable.

Since we're talking about cake and not yeast bread, we'll focus on chemical leavening. The reaction of baking soda or baking powder with the liquids in the batter releases carbon dioxide, which forms air bubbles to help your cakes be light and airy. Baking soda and baking powder aren't interchangeable.

If you were to use exclusively oil, the cake would turn out much denser than you may have intended. If you're unsure, it's safest to use a 50/50 combination of butter and oil instead of replacing the butter completely.

TEMPERATURE IS KEY

If the butter is too cold, it takes too long to blend into the sugar and eggs which can cause over-mixing. This will result in a heavy, dense cake. So be sure to cut your butter into cubes to get it to room temperature quicker.

Foods I classify as meltable textures literally melt in your mouth. They can start crunchy, frozen or soft, but without much chewing our tongue can mush them together so they can be swallowed. Meltable foods are a great introduction to chewing.

Cakes covered with buttercream in cool conditions, can be kept for several days at room temperature but warm humid weather will create a melted mess. Simple #buttercream will form a crust because of its high sugar content, but it will remain lovely and soft on the inside.

If you do have an allergy to sugar, you may experience symptoms like hives and an itching sensation in your mouth. Most people who react to sugar have an intolerance. An intolerance can cause uncomfortable symptoms like stomach upset, diarrhea, and headaches.

The texture of cakes is usually affected by the ratio of flour, fat and eggs. Personally, I have not noticed a change in texture when I have changed the sugar. ( However, this makes a big difference if you are baking sweet biscuits and cookies).