why do cherries sink

[biggs682]

come on all you chefs , answer this question when making cherry and almond cake no matter what size the cherry peices are and how we mix them in , after cooking all the cherry peices have sunk right to the bottom of the cake !

or should this be in the know how section

 

[xxmimixx]

because they are more dense than the cake mix ?

 

[colly]

IIRC you cover the cherry pieces in flour and they don't sink.

Make another cake and see. I'm sure there are a few bods on here who will take the other 'spoiled' one off your hands.

 

[Paulus]

I thought Cherries went "pop"

 

[Keith Oates]

Put them on top after you've cooked the cake, that way they won't sink and you can taste them better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Speicher]

IIRC you cover the cherry pieces in flour and they don't sink.

Make another cake and see. I'm sure there are a few bods on here who will take the other 'spoiled' one off your hands.

As I live next door to Biggsy, I shall be going round later to try out the "spoiled" one.

 

[ttcycle]

Isn't it just the heat of the baking that gets the fruit to bubble and boil within itself in effect bursting and sinking? Same happens with blueberries and not always with blackberries-perhaps this is to do with fruit type as blackberries are composed of many little berries to make the whole berry?

This is however, entirely theoretical...!

Though I am tempted by a piece! nom nom nom

 

[Mozzy]

Yes those superb frozen ones from Sainsburys always sink in my long G&T. Most odd.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

They're lousy swimmers.

 

[Svendo]

Chocolate drops or chunks sink too when I've put them in cakes. Not unpleasent as you get a layer of cholcolate with the bottom turned to chocolately caramel, which is nice. But It'd be nice to get them floating in the mixture a bit more. I'll try the coat in flour thing next time I make chocolate cake and report back.

 

[numbnuts]

your oven it too hot

 

[biggs682]

speicher your to late last pieces just gone to my parents who didnt care about sunken cherries