My cakes kept sinking in the middle until a bakery owner in Albany told me to stop opening the oven door

Claire Gibson · 2026-10-07T09:00:03.455771+00:00

I used to peek at my cakes every 5 minutes to check the rise, and they'd dome then collapse every single time. Now I wait the full 25 minutes without touching the door, and I've had 6 straight cakes come out level, has anyone else fixed a bake just by leaving it alone?

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