How to tell when a cake is baked

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Published 1983

Give cakes the baking times directed in the recipe, then test the cake in the centre, which is the last part to bake.
Small cakes should be evenly brown, well risen and feel firm to the touch when pressed lightly with the finger.
Test sandwich layer cakes or sponge cakes by gently touching the centre with your fingertips – if the cake feels springy and no imprints remain the cake is done. It also will have shrunk a little from the sides of the tin.
For heavy cakes like fruit cakes, warm a skewer by pushing it between the baking paper and the tin, then push warmed skewer into the cake centre and it should come out clean.
Remember a cake will go mouldy if i?s not completely baked, especially Christmas cake.

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