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Damp Gingerbread with mounds on the surface

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Asked on 4 Nov 2017 by Linda

Damp Ginger Recipe - When I bake this cake it always has mounds in it, What am I doing wrong

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Lindsey, Food Editor replied

Hello,

It’s a pocket of air and sometimes it just happens but it could be that you have added too much bicarbonate of soda or over beaten the mixture when adding the eggs.

Kind regards

Lindsey

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