Adding water into cake dough
By shaqziad
@shaqziad (655)
Malaysia
September 2, 2012 7:19am CST
I was wondering, if i can add water into the mixture? Mom says it's the golden rule not to let even a drop of water into the flour mixture, or it will ruin my cake. But as i search for recipes online, some list water or cold water in the ingredients.
3 responses
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
2 Sep 12
it will make it loosen up a bit more and the taste would eventually increase,i suggest you to try it and let me know,its kind of mandatory
@elsino91 (440)
• Poland
18 Sep 12
You're mum probably has a tradition in the family or her own personal tradition of not adding water. I can say from experience that adding water to the dough does not ruin it. I do it myself from time to time whenever I feel like making a cake. I think it just depends on preference and what a person is used to. What I would recommend is doing it as your mum says once and then trying the same cake but according to a recipe that includes water and then you can compare yourself and see which is better. But as far as your question is concerned, it doesn't ruin the cake.
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@shaqziad (655)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 12
The problem is, I tried using my mom recipe, and I add a glass of water in it. After I bake it, the cake doesn't cook properly. It turned into some sort of choc pudding. But when i try the online recipe including cold water, the cake baked properly, but have different texture to what mom used to bake. So maybe it did depend on the recipe.
