Editing Cake (section)

==Cooking==
[[File:YellowCakeRecipe.ogv|thumb|Baking a basic yellow cake]]
A cake can fail to bake properly, which is called "falling". In a cake that "falls", parts may sink or flatten, because it was baked at a temperature that is too low or too hot,<ref>{{cite book |title=Science and Industry |publisher=Colliery engineer Company |issue=v. 4 |year=1899 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcY-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA174 |page=174}}</ref><ref name="The Amish Cook's Baking Book"/> when it has been underbaked<ref name="The Amish Cook's Baking Book">{{cite book |last1=Eicher |first1=L. |last2=Williams |first2=K. |title=The Amish Cook's Baking Book |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7407-8547-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_8bNyAyrgoC&pg=PA118 |page=118}}</ref> and when placed in an oven that is too hot at the beginning of the baking process.<ref name="Gelb Levine 2005">{{cite book |last1=Gelb |first1=A. |last2=Levine |first2=K. |title=A Survival Guide for Culinary Professionals |publisher=Thomson Delmar Learning |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-4018-4092-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/survivalguidefor0000gelb |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/survivalguidefor0000gelb/page/243 243]}}</ref> The use of excessive amounts of sugar, flour, fat or leavening can also cause a cake to fall.<ref name="Gelb Levine 2005"/><ref>{{cite book |title=The Hospital Corps Quarterly: Supplement to the United States Naval Medical Bulletin |issue=v. 17 |year=1944 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjwLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Fallen+cake%22 |page=128 |last1=Bureau of Medicine And Surgery |first1=United States. Navy Dept |access-date=4 December 2015 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216162512/https://books.google.com/books?id=xjwLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Fallen+cake%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> A cake can also fall when subjected to cool air that enters an oven when the oven door is opened during the cooking process.<ref name="Eckhardt Baigrie 2005 p. 23">{{cite book |last1=Eckhardt |first1=L.W. |last2=Baigrie |first2=J. |title=Cakes from Scratch in Half the Time |publisher=Chronicle Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-8118-4240-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q97MZJ5ZL_kC&pg=PA23 |page=23}}</ref>