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Hi cake mix really thick followed recipe .when I went to cut cake it crumbled

Hi Chris50

The most likely cause of a thick batter and crumbly cake is insuffcientl liquid. I’m sure you followed the recipe but an easy mistake made is using medium eggs rather than the asked for large. Sometimes it’s also easy to miss other liquids like buttermilk or water. I missed the oil once, although the recipe has butter that tiny amount of missing oil made a lot of difference in texture.

Hi Thank you for replying so quickly .i followed it to the letter I find it’s the chocolate mix that’s is quite think when I watch the tutorial Paul’s is runny I use belcolade dark don’t know if that’s the problem thanks for your help

What % cocoa solids was the chocolate? I find 50% is good for baking. I don’t know how Belcolade reacts, I use Callebaute but really it doesn’t make that much difference. I also don’t let my mixture completely cool before introducing it to the dry mix.