Burnt Cake Disaster: Anyone Else Ever Experienced This?

[IAmChefJ]

I can't for the life of me figure out what happened to my cake tonight!

I made one of those easy cakes... the apple pie filling / cake mix / eggs... which I've made several times... one of several I've made in my microwave... never had any problems.

Tonight I was about 8 minutes in and I started smelling something funny. Not in a good way. I checked it, and my cake was burnt on one side! Like burnt popcorn burnt!

I cut that side out and finished cooking it to see if the rest of it did anything weird. It didn't burn but it didn't cook right either.

I'm so bummed, I was going to take it into work tomorrow. Now I'm really scared to make the Chocolate Velvet cake I was planning to make tomorrow night!

Anyone else ever burnt a microwave cake?

 

[DebbieSAChef]

All I can think of is:
Do you have a turntable?

Do you maybe need to adjust the power to medium power or 50% and do it that way?

Also what did you make it in fluted stone or rice cooker?

I have never had that happen before.
Debbie

 

[ShanaSmith]

I was going to ask the same question about the turntable. Sounds like it didn't rotate.

 

[IAmChefJ]

I do have a turntable.

I made the chocolate velvet cake tonight - same stone, same microwave, and everything came out fine.

:shrug: Apparenly I'm the first person in PC history to have burnt a microwave cake. LMAO -- at least I didn't burn boiled water!

 

[ShanaSmith]

Don't feel too bad, I've actually burned water before! No joke the bottom of the pan melted to the burner.

 

[wadesgirl]

Interesting. I've made the Chocolate Velvet Cake several times this season and the only time I had problems was with a host who's microwave was too small. It wouldn't work with the turn table so I kept rotating the pan. Well, one side ended up under cooked and basically slide down the side of the cake when I took the pan off. Right across from it was rock hard! There was still some cake that was edible and luckily it was a small crowd.

 

[DessertDivaFL]

Never had a problem with microwaving a cake but I agree with others that it all depends on the turntable, wattage and size of microwave. The bigger the micro the better the results will be.

 

[rlombas]

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear about your burnt cake disaster! I know how frustrating it can be when something doesn't turn out as expected, especially when you've had success with the same recipe before. It sounds like there may have been an issue with the temperature or positioning of your cake in the microwave. I would suggest checking your microwave's manual to see if there are any specific instructions for baking cakes, and also make sure to use a microwave-safe dish. As for your Chocolate Velvet cake, I would recommend trying it in the oven instead, just to be safe. I hope your next baking experience goes much smoother!