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Jlitt
 
Reply Sat 6 Aug, 2016 11:49 am
What causes a pound cake to collapse in the middle? Been making pound cakes for over 25 years and now all of a sudden, they're collapsing in the middle. Could it be my pan? The pan is over 30 years old? Heat distribution?
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jespah
 
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Reply Sat 6 Aug, 2016 01:54 pm
@Jlitt,
I'm mainly going to bump your topic up but my guess would be to look at the conditions. E. g. is a different kind of flour? Is the pan bent? Is the oven not heating evenly?
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Ragman
 
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Reply Sat 6 Aug, 2016 02:07 pm
@Jlitt,
Simple enough: try another pan.

If no change, try a different oven.

Then if no change, Try new baking powder or baking soda.

When that happened to me, it was because I opened the oven too many times or for too long.
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nacredambition
 
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Reply Sat 6 Aug, 2016 10:05 pm
The reason for the collapsing pound could be a problem with the brexit.

Leave the article 50 seconds longer or more before turning it out in the cold.
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Ceili
 
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Reply Sun 7 Aug, 2016 07:36 pm
I'm assuming your recipe is tried and true.
It's not the pan, it's most likely the leavener. Is your baking powder old? Did you use a different kind of baking soda? Eggs? - Are you getting them from somewhere new? Flour and/or sugar, new or old? Same brand as usual?
Oven temp normal?
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