Correcting Cakes II

You are baking a cake, and when you got it out of the oven it fell.

There are several reasons for this to occur, here are just a few:

When preparing your cake you may have added too much shortening or sugar.

When preparing your cake you may have added too much liquids.

When you were baking the cake the temperature may not have been hot enough in the oven or your pan could have been too small causing the center of the cake not to cook through.

If you open the oven door too frequently to check on the cake it will drop the temperature enough that the cake will not cook thoroughly.