Masterchef Country Women’s Association Marble Cake
The day after the Masterchef contestants presented burnt and raw cakes, runny jam and rock hard scones, many were discussing – what went wrong? Many attributed it to the outdoor setting and the unfamiliar oven. So I set about trying to prove that in normal circumstances, the challenge can be done! I wanted to try the marble cake as I hadn’t seen one before that had only two colours (pink and white) and had jam in the middle. Oh noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! It burnt!!! As you can see, i had to shave the sides down!!! Not even the pretty pink icing could hide my shame (especially since the judge said that no icing can run down the side!).
THe cut through the middle test: Fair distribution of colour, but still a bit too much pink. Not burnt on the inside.
Crumb was okay and the icing was fairly even (on this slice at least hahaha), but still dry for my liking 
Big fail! I concluded: It’s not me, it’s not the contestants, it’s the word “moderate” to describe the oven temperature. Everyone’s oven is different. Whilst moderate generally means 180 degrees, my oven is fan forced so I should have turned it down 10 degrees. Who knows what the CWA oven is like? So “moderate’ could have meant a bit range of potential fails Oh well… better luck next time.
Link to the recipes:
http://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/newsEvents/generalNews.do?newsId=3368