Baking a couple of cakes to make a
Miffy cake for my DD's birthday on Sunday. Plan was to do a 23cm round and a 23cm square, then cut the pieces I need from that.

Did the round first. Used two cake mixes that I have always baked for birthday cakes, from the cake shop I use.

Said it would take 50-60 mins. Checked it at 45, still wet. Kept adding 5-10 mins on, reckon it was in for like 1hr 25 in the end. But the skewer was coming out really wet! It kept rising really high, then started cracking along the top.

Tool it out. Cooled for 45 in the tin. So now I have turned it out. It has sunk right back down and feels really dry

Can see right down one of the cracks to almost the bottom. I feel like breaking it apart to check but I reckon it is dead

So upset.