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Made the angel food cake/crushed pineapple cake, it overflowed my large bowl...Why??? lol...

msh8970 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:56:28 GMT

I made that simple angel food/crushed pineapple cake, and I barely begun mixing it with my Kitchenaid hand mixer and it was overflowing my Large Pyrex bowl...Why??? lol...

Lesson learned, use a mega-sized bowl, I am just curious as to why it basically expolded out of such a large mixing bowl..???

Re: Made the angel food cake/crushed pineapple cake, it overflowed my large bowl...Why??? lol...

ahoymate — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:58:39 GMT

Need more detail to answer. Usually angel food cake is made with a dozen egg whites,sugar, salt, cake flour beaten to soft peak. Adding crushed pineapple, seems like it would deflate the air you beat into the whites. Did you use a recipe or is this a box mix?

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millieshops — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:09:51 GMT

@msh8970I've made the angel food cake mix +crushed pineapple many times, but have never used my mixer to do it. All I've ever used is a fork qhich let me mix well enough to make certain it's all moist.

Sometimes I mix right in a 9X13 Pyrex 0r when I want to use my angel food pan,as you've discovered, it requires a large mixing bowl.

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msh8970 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:20:54 GMT

@ahoymate wrote:
Need more detail to answer. Usually angel food cake is made with a dozen egg whites,sugar, salt, cake flour beaten to soft peak. Adding crushed pineapple, seems like it would deflate the air you beat into the whites. Did you use a recipe or is this a box mix?

It is literally just the box mix and a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple, no other ingredients. Not sure if this link is allowed, but the recipe here said to use a hand mixer..

https://www.eatingonadime.com/pineapple-angel-food-cake-recipe/

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AuntG — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:26:02 GMT

Not an expert, but by hand mixer, I think they meant a rotary one that we called an "egg beater" when I was a kid. As I read the recipe, I never even thought of an electric mixer.

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froggy — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:33:11 GMT

1. How large is your "large" Pyrex bowl?

2. Your probably mixed it for too long - the boxed angel cake mixes expand very quickly - the directions just said mix well.

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froggy — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:45:08 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
Not an expert, but by hand mixer, I think they meant a rotary one that we called an "egg beater" when I was a kid. As I read the recipe, I never even thought of an electric mixer.

I don't think so. A hand mixer these days means a hand held electric mixer. If the recipe meant egg beater it would have said so.

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msh8970 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:54:23 GMT

@froggy wrote:
1. How large is your "large" Pyrex bowl?
4 quart

2. Your probably mixed it for too long - the boxed angel cake mixes expand very quickly - the directions just said mix well.
Actually I mixed it barely not even 90 seconds, lol..which is why I am so puzzled..it's as thought it immediately ballooned (mixed on the lowest speed allowed on my hand mixer)

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msh8970 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:58:35 GMT

@froggy wrote:
@AuntG wrote:
Not an expert, but by hand mixer, I think they meant a rotary one that we called an "egg beater" when I was a kid. As I read the recipe, I never even thought of an electric mixer.
I don't think so. A hand mixer these days means a hand held electric mixer. If the recipe meant egg beater it would have said so.

Interesting note about the egg beaters..I still have a pair and love using them, lol..

I will just use a mega sized bowl next time..

I was just wondering why/the science behind this.. I know angel food cake does increase in volume, but this was crazy seeing it blow up out of the bowl.. Been baking over 30 years and it just made me go hmmm...

Thanks for all the replies!!

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Kachina624 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:09:57 GMT

Call Betty Crocker and ask her. We don't know.

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sann — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:45:55 GMT

For those who have made this cake can you tell me if you drain the juice from the pineapple or add the pineapple with juice.

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msh8970 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:47:52 GMT

@sann wrote:
For those who have made this cake can you tell me if you drain the juice from the pineapple or add the pineapple with juice.

I did not drain the juice; I've seen basically the same recipe other places online and it says undrained. HTH.

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jannabelle1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:33:25 GMT

I've made this several times, and my recipe just says to beat on low for no more than 30 seconds - just until combined. I remember that the batter really filled my mixing bowl! I only have a small electric mixer, so that's what I use.

The cake is delicious when baked and doesn't need much more than Cool Whip on top. And yes (for the person who asked), the recipe calls for the entire 20 oz can of crushed pineapple, including the juice.

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froggy — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:49:22 GMT

I think I'm going to have to try this recipe. I used to make the one where your slice the angel food cake crosswise then fill the layers with crushed pineapple mixed with cool whip but this one sounds better.

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sann — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 10:16:18 GMT

@msh8970 wrote:
@sann wrote:
For those who have made this cake can you tell me if you drain the juice from the pineapple or add the pineapple with juice.
I did not drain the juice; I've seen basically the same recipe other places online and it says undrained. HTH.

Thank you⭐

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sarahpanda — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 10:20:21 GMT

Sounds like you whipped to much air into the batter. When I make the angel food box cake mix, if I recall correctly, it says to mix the water into the batter by hand, not with a mixer.

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janeec — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:32:16 GMT

My recipe is the cake mix, crushed pineapple undrained, a little rum, and coconut. The chemical reaction causes it to expand. I only use a whisk to stir. I have never used a mixer for it.

I bake it in a bundt pan. When cool, I remove from the pan. I fill the center of the bundt cake with fruit overflowing. It looks good and is a light refreshing dessert.

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:48:55 GMT

@sann wrote:
For those who have made this cake can you tell me if you drain the juice from the pineapple or add the pineapple with juice.

No draining, just dump it into the cake mix.

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HLP — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:33:40 GMT

@msh8970 wrote:
I made that simple angel food/crushed pineapple cake, and I barely begun mixing it with my Kitchenaid hand mixer and it was overflowing my Large Pyrex bowl...Why??? lol...

Lesson learned, use a mega-sized bowl, I am just curious as to why it basically expolded out of such a large mixing bowl..???

You mixed it too long.

Re: Made the angel food cake/crushed pineapple cake, it overflowed my large bowl...Why??? lol...

HLP — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:37:21 GMT

@sann wrote:
For those who have made this cake can you tell me if you drain the juice from the pineapple or add the pineapple with juice.

Don't drain. I've made this 6 times. Don't grease pan , don't over mix.