Baking advice

[wellygang6]

Hi there, I really enjoy baking when I have time but I find my cakes don't tend to rise much despite following the recipes fully and letting the oven heat up properly. Would really appreciate anyone's advice on why this is. Thanks

Get an oven thermometer and check that your oven is heating properly.

Make sure your baking powder is fresh, you're not opening the oven door unnecessarily, the eggs are beaten enough.
You might be using too strong a flour, bread flour will make a heavy cake. Replacing a spoon of flour with cornflour will lighten a cake well too.

Check your tin and recipe size too, I find many people put too little mix in a tin and expect miracle rise, lot to be said for making an 8" mix and using a 7" tin

do you have any photographs?

I made this chocolate cake and on the first occasion it rose, on the second occasion I opened the oven door after 25 minutes - tested the cake with a screwer and it wasn't cooked - consequently the cake didn't rise. Fortunately as its a sandwich cake and covered in icing it was fine as I didn't have to cut the top flat to sandwich tougher bcc easiest chocolate cake with ganache - its delicious and easy, doesn't matter if it doesn't rise.

but as pp states check your oven temp as possibly its not correct