The Foolproof Technique For Moist Cake Every Time

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You've made your cake layers, you've followed the recipe carefully and baked them for the exact right amount of time, yet you're still worried about them being dry (or, perhaps you just really value moistness in your cakes and want to ensure your cake will stun anyone sampling it). The solution is simple, as Epicurious explains — you need a cake soak.

As the culinary site outlines, cake soak is a technique that involves brushing baked cake layers with some type of flavor-packed liquid (despite the name, no, you're not actually dunking and soaking your full cake layers — a brushing of added liquid is all you need). This can be customized to whatever the flavors of the cake you're making are. As Where is Cake reports, you could add aromatic coffee flavor notes with a coffee soak, you could incorporate a bit of sweetness and citrus freshness with an orange syrup, or you could opt for something creamy and milk-based, such as a coconut soak. The options are limitless.

Cake soak not only adds moistness to your cake, but it also delivers another burst of flavor. And, per Epicurious, soaking your cake layers can also help them taste fresh for longer, allowing you to enjoy your cake for days. Even the pros use this technique. For example, Milk Bar's cult classic birthday cake recipe involves a simple soak of milk and vanilla extract to amp up the moisture in the cake layers.