{"id":212145,"date":"2024-03-11T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/the-scientific-secrets-to-baking-a-perfectly-moist-chocolate-cake\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:51","slug":"the-scientific-secrets-to-baking-a-perfectly-moist-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/the-scientific-secrets-to-baking-a-perfectly-moist-chocolate-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"The scientific secrets to baking a perfectly moist chocolate cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"replace-inline-image\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/06115815\/SEI_193702228.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image alignnone size-full wp-image-2420826 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"Islip Terrace, NY, USA, 9.4.23 - A chocolate pinata cake filled with chocolate covered candies.; Shutterstock ID 2380120693; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Shutterstock\/Jaclyn Vernace\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit ArticleImageCaption__Credit--NoTitle\">Shutterstock\/Jaclyn Vernace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEXT week is my daughter\u2019s 5th birthday party, and she has high expectations for her cake. It has to be extremely chocolatey, but it must also be a \u201cpi\u00f1ata cake\u201d, meaning that when you cut into it, sweets cascade out. It will also have to be large, to serve 30 children and their chaperones.<\/p>\n<p>My big worry is that it could end up very dry. To achieve the required size and the pi\u00f1ata effect, I will have to bake at least three large layers, but I will also have to cut out the middle of the cake, which, as\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134811-100-the-scientific-secrets-to-baking-a-perfectly-moist-chocolate-cake\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Shutterstock\/Jaclyn Vernace NEXT week is my daughter\u2019s 5th birthday party, and she has high expectations for her cake. 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