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Default Question about baking: springform pans

On 1/1/2011 1:50 PM, Damaeus wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, Brooklyn1<Gravesend1> posted on Fri, 31 Dec
> 2010 13:07:45 -0500 the following:
>
>> Cook it only 5 minutes... I don't think so.
>>
>> Don't you mean how much *less* time to cook the smaller cake?
>>
>> Between a 10" and 8" there's a big difference in volume, do not use
>> the entire recipe in the smaller pan... but it would probably require
>> only a few minutes less cooking time... check with a toothpick.

>
> Check a flourless cake with a toothpick?
>
> I checked the web for flourless cakes:
>
>
> Ingredients
>
> 4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
> 1/2 cup butter
> 3/4 cup white sugar
> 1/2 cup cocoa powder
> 3 eggs, beaten
> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
>
>
> I don't know what that is, but it certainly doesn't sound like something
> I'd think of as cake. Then again, soap comes in cakes, so I'm wrong.
> /sigh
>
> Damaeus


My thought was, it's smaller, thus deeper, so it would take longer.
Anyway, it baked perfectly in 45 minutes and was delicious with
raspberry drizzle.

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