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Your measurements have to be exact, there is no room for error. No heaped teaspoons, leveled cups of flour and always bend over to check on the meniscus of your liquids. Failure to head these basic reminders will result in your baked goods flopping to the side, failing to rise, being stodgy or chewy. The ratio of wet to dry ingredients determines a cake's moisture level.

Too much flour and not enough butter, the cake will taste dry. Too much milk and not enough flour, the cake will taste wet. While too much baking powder results in an ugly taste and batter rising too fast and collapsing. These aren't to put the fear into you when you think of baking, rather reminders of how important it is to follow the instructions to the T. Unlike with cooking, there’s very little room to be whimsical. After all the sifting, beating and time in the oven, the last thing you want is a finished product you can present or eat.