
Your ingredients aren’t at room temperature Butter that’s too cold won’t cream properly and eggs that are straight from the fridge will make a mixture curdle, resulting in a coarse-textured, greasy cake that doesn’t have a good rise.Plan ahead and have everything out at room temperature for a few hours before you start baking.If you’re tight for time, try these simple hacks: pop the uncracked eggs in a bowl of warm tap water for a few mins to take off the chill, and put the butter in the microwave for s