Tip Tuesday: Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

Have you ever tried to make chocolate chip cake or ordered it and all the chocolate chips were on the bottom of the cake?! This is because the chocolate chips are heavier than the cake batter and sink to the bottom. To create a chocolate chip cake with chips through out the whole cake you need a denser cake such as pound cake.  Traditional pound cake is defined as: a rich cake containing a pound, or equal weights, of each chief ingredient, typically flour, butter, and sugar. This obviously is  denser cake and therefore the sturdier cake is great for shaped cakes, larger tiered cakes, or cakes that need to travel a great distance. It's always a good idea to ask your bakery what type of cake they recommend if you are ordering a cake that includes any of the earlier mentioned elements. At the end of the day if you are looking forward to having a fluffy light cake, then pound cake just isn't for you. Its important to ask and trust your bakery's opinion when asking if pound cake is necessary for your design. If it is necessary we strongly advice you to listen to their recommendations.  Choosing a lighter fluffier cake when pound cake is called for you are opening yourself to the possibility that your cake will shift, settle, or even worse, collapse on it own weight; all of which the bakery has virtually no control over if you go against their recommendation.