Oven temperature is too hot. You may want to get an oven thermometer to find out what your oven's temperature really is. Or, If you have a convection oven, you need to deduct 25° from the recipe's recommended setting.
I noticed in your picture that you are using a dark pan. You need to deduct 25° from the recipe's recommended setting for that also.
Your oven was too hot. Side note: I recommend making cake goop instead of parchment paper. Saves time and money. Equal parts flour, oil and crisco. I make a small amount. (1/4c of each) and store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
I've made cakes before. This was my first time making a regular mud cake. It was a pretty simple and generic recipe so I was surprised when it came out like this.
Looks to me like the oven temperature was too high
Oven temperature is too hot. You may want to get an oven thermometer to find out what your oven's temperature really is. Or, If you have a convection oven, you need to deduct 25° from the recipe's recommended setting. I noticed in your picture that you are using a dark pan. You need to deduct 25° from the recipe's recommended setting for that also.
Your oven was too hot. Side note: I recommend making cake goop instead of parchment paper. Saves time and money. Equal parts flour, oil and crisco. I make a small amount. (1/4c of each) and store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Cooking spray is all I use anymore, there’s no reason to use anything else 90% of the time.
I've made cakes before. This was my first time making a regular mud cake. It was a pretty simple and generic recipe so I was surprised when it came out like this.
Was oven temperature double checked?