Cracked Cake Roll

Ask the Test Kitchen

My pumpkin cake rolls constantly crack when I roll them up. How can I hold them from doing this? —B.S. Macon, MississippiFirst, make certain the cake batter is spread calmly inside the pan. This will sell even baking and help your cake remain moist. A wet cake has much less risk of cracking.

Overbaking could also be the wrongdoer. The thin layer of cake batter within the regular 15- by using 10- via 1-inch baking pan takes simplest about 10 to fifteen minutes to bake. Check your cake after eight or nine mins and watch closely until it exams finished. It need to be gently browned, and the top need to spring lower back when lightly touched.

Remove the cake from the pan onto a towel as soon as you take it from the oven. Roll up the cake inside the towel and funky on a cord rack.