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trouble with cake it smells like eggs yuck :(

I just baked the Strawberry cream cake that America's Test Kitchen published and it keeps smelling like scrambled eggs. I have baked it twice now and don't know what i am doing wrong here is the cake recipe 1 1/4 c. cake flour 1 c sugar minus 3 T for egg whites 2 T water 6 T melted and cooled butter 1 1/2 Tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla. 5 eggs 2 whole and 3 separated mix dry ingredi and 2 whole eggs 3 yolks, 2 T water and vanilla and cooled butter whip egg whites till foamy add 3 T sugar slowly whip till soft peaks and then fold into cake batter bake at 325 degrees the first time i baked it i didn't cool the butter all the way so the next time i made it i cooled the butter all the way down. don't you think the ratio of eggs to liquid ingredients could be the culprit. I am so frustrated. I trust ATK to give out good recipes as the do test them a lot till they get the best results but I am not understanding why the cake comes out smelling like eggs. gross once it cooled down it smelled lke vanilla this is a wierd cake i tell you

Public Comments

1. Too many eggs in the recipe, try using only two regular pasteurized eggs instead of what they have for you here.
2. maybe add more flour. =]