A number of things, really. Every thing from the ingredients (such as milk, water, eggs), to the humidity where the cake is being baked.
The moisture of a cake can certainly be controlled by the ingredients. For example, popular methods in making a cake more moist than normal would be using things like buttermilk, pudding, and even sour cream.
Yes, you can use olive oil in cake mix for baking. It can add a unique flavor and moisture to the cake.
it retains moisture in your cake, so your cake will retain soft for longer time
The best egg substitute for cake baking is applesauce, mashed bananas, or commercial egg replacers like Ener-G. These ingredients can help bind the cake together and provide moisture, similar to eggs.
The cake is baking in the oven.
It would weigh less because of the moisture that evaporates during baking.
Eggs add moisture to a cake and also act as the main ingredient that helps to hold the cake together in its shape while it is baked.
In a cake, butter acts to enhance flavor to make it taste good, provide moisture, and act as a minor binding agent to help hold the cake together so that it does not fall apart after baking.
While baking in the oven, moisture and water in the batter heats up as the cake bakes. The heat turns this moisture to steam. Steam expands and rises, trying to escape. The cake contains the steam inside it, so the cake rises and becomes airy.
I believe any cake recipe calls for a moist cake. The moisture however is in the preparation and ingredients involced. That as well as cooking time, maybe try more egg, or less baking time.
I think it sticks it together and makes it softer. :¬¦) lol mustashy man
A suitable substitute for baking soda in cake recipes is baking powder.
Actually, both are activated by moisture( just a fun fact), but they are used under different conditions.Because baking powder contains baking soda. Also because baking soda does not contain the acidity to make a cake rise.