Re: Baking a cake …
I’m going to impart cooking advice to CB… :hayaa:
Place the cake in the centre of the oven… because heat rises, the top of the oven will be the hottest; probably why the cake is burning on the top and not cooking all the way through.
With regards to the egginess, if you are making a “souffle cake” (where whipped egg whites are used for the cake stucture) then inevitably there will be an eggy smell… though it should evaporate after a couple of hours after baking. Make sure you’ve completely cooled the cake before filling etc…
An eggy taste could be due to the eggs getting old. It can also be that you’re not properly incorporating your flour into your egg whites…or it could just be that you’re using a bad recipe? I usually use this basic recipe for a plain Victoria Sponge, and it always turns out great.
Hope that helps! 