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A cake is fragile when it is first removed from the heated cooking environment and into room temperature. It is still soft and the heat within it is dispersing moisture and keeping it weaker. As it cool down, it begins to firm up and becomes a little less moist. Leaving the cake in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes allows it to firm enough to be transferred to the wire cooling rack, where it can complete its cooling process. If you try to move it earlier, then it may well break.
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