How long does it takes to bake a 10 inch round cake?

Answer 1

It depends of course on the temperature at which you bake it and the type of cake, whether you are baking on 'fan' or 'automatic', and how deep you have filled the cake pan with the batter.

As a general rule of thumb you can bake most cakes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit (which is 180 degrees Celsius) and check them after about 30 minutes and expect it to take at least 45 minutes.

A light batter like a sponge which has a lot of air beaten into it will cook quickly. A runny batter such as that for a chocolate cake made with oil will cook more slowly. A standard mix made by creaming butter and sugar and then beating in eggs and flour to make a batter that just drops from the spoon may take between 30 mins and 45 mins. A heavy cake such as a Xmas fruit cake can take much longer - maybe 2 hours.

Cakes that require long cooking shouldbe baked at a lower temperatures and the cake-pan well lined. You should bake a cake in the centre of the oven.

Teach yourself through experience how to tell when a cake is baked so that you needn't rely entirely on the recipe recommendations - the test recipe conditions may not match your own.

A cake is baked when a skewer (toothpick, knitting needle, thin knife blade) is pushed down through the centre of the cake and can be withdrawn cleanly, without any wet batter sticking to it - this shows that the cake is cooked right through. The edges of the cake should be starting to come away from the sides of the baking tin. The surface of the cake should have a little 'bounce' in it so that if you press it gently with fingertips it will regain its shape. The cake should smell fragrant and look 'done'.

If a cake has risen high and cracked across the top before it is properly cooked in the middle this tells you the temperature was too hot and you should adjust it accordingly the next time you bake the cake. If this happens then when the cake has thorughly cooled simply turn it upside down to frost it so that you have a flat surface to work on.

If you think a cake is baking too quickly then you can do one of the following: lower the oven temperature about 10 degrees; place a piece of parchment paper over the top of the cake in the oven to stop it burning and deflect heat back down into the cake; place the cake down lower in the oven and continue baking.

Every time you open the oven to check on a cake's progress you release heat from the oven and lower the baking temperature and this naturally extends the time it takes the cake to bake.

Answer 2

IF your using a box mix, follow the instructions on the back.