Adding half oil and half water in a pre-mix cake

chef_carol

I have a pre-mix cake and the instructions say add 200ml of water and 4 eggs... Can I put 100ml of oil and 100ml of water to get a denser, moister cake? Or is that a bad idea? Or even 50ml of oil and 150ml of water? P.S. I'm making cake pops.

Originally asked by Babydrago on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Reducing the water in a cake won't make it moister, it will make it dry. Oil does not rehydrate the dry ingredients, it's not a water substitute. If you want a denser and moister cake add a couple of extra egg yolks, or a small amount of oil, like 10-15ml. 100ml of oil in your cake batter would just make it greasy.

Full answer by GdD: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/136792 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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