How to raise the cake high for pound cakes

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We are baking pound cake. I am all happy about the taste, but I have two problems, please help.

  1. After we bake the cake and take it out, we observed after a week my top layer of the cake is moist and the bottom we see all the oil is settled down, making the cake look oily from bottom. The mid region of cake is very dry and not much moist. Is there anything I am missing to make my cake evenly moist and less dry?
  2. How do I get high raise of the cake? It is a good raise but not as much as other cakes I have seen around, is there some magic needed in there to make my cake raise high?
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Best Answer

I think I can help with your second question. Pound cake is not supposed to rise as much as other cakes. It is "heavy" not light and fluffy. A pound cake recipe has a greater proportion of fat than other types because it is specially meant to store for several days without drying out.

As for the soft top: the mushy, moist "crust" that forms after a day or two was our favourite part of poundcake and fruit breads.



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How can I make my cake rise higher?

How to Make a Cake Rise Higher
  • Follow the Recipe.
  • Add a Leavening Agent.
  • Cream the Butter and Sugar.
  • Fold Ingredients Together \u2013 Don't Mix.
  • Fill the Cake Pan Properly.
  • Avoid the Batter Setting Too Quickly.
  • Check the Oven Temperature.


    • How do you make a box cake rise higher?

    You can start with adding just 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder to the dry mix before you add any of the liquid ingredients; this works similar to the extra flour sometimes used. If you add an extra egg, it will help lighten up the mixture and so will adding an ingredient such as meringue powder.

    What makes a cake rise up?

    Leaveners, like baking soda or powder, produce carbon dioxide bubbles, which are trapped by the starch in the batter and expand during baking, causing the cake to rise.

    What is the secret to a good pound cake?

    "Pound cake should be light, with a finely textured, moist, and even crumb," says Claire Saffitz, BA's associate food editor and baker extraordinaire. She has created, tested, and made dozens of pound cakes, plus she's well-versed in the science of baking (yep, it's a science).


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