Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

monkimark · July 1

I'm guessing stevo volunteered to clear up a care home garden or something rather than labouring on a building site

First.Aspect · July 1

Conduction and convection. Lower colour bakes and rises first up the outside, because the baking tray is a good conductor and the batter less so. Top layer bakes last because air and aerated baked bun are relatively poor conductors.

I think.

Ask Dr Karl.

Stevo_666 · July 1

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21077892#Comment_21077892

Well I did eat a pasty in the car while I was waiting for them to roll up and open the gates.

rjsterry · July 1

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21077898#Comment_21077898

Yeah, I think the bottom layer ended up in the middle. It's a fan oven so temperature difference between tray (insulated with paper case) and exposed top is going to be minimal. The outside cooks off pretty quickly, while the middle needed ~50% extra time to cook through. Result was a normal sponge coloured centre with two 2-3mm concentric layers of pink and purple around the outside. There was also edible glitter in the mixture, which is mostly mica.

First.Aspect · July 1

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21077956#Comment_21077956

So the tricky question is how do you go about making cupcakes with three layers?

First.Aspect · July 1

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21077956#Comment_21077956

Could have been a chromatographic effect I suppose. You could rule this out or confirm it by switching the order and seeing if you ended up with the same result.

#fascinating

briantrumpet · July 1

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21077958#Comment_21077958

This ranks along with my green carrot water. Maybe surpasses it.

briantrumpet · July 1

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21077957#Comment_21077957

Hmm, maybe experiment with a short spell in the freezer immediately before transferring to the oven? Would be quite fun to do this at 5-minute intervals.

Are there many scientific experiments where you can eat the evidence?

Actually, I should rephrase that, and ask if there are many scientific experiments where you can eat the evidence and not die?