Shelf · Dough & batter · No heat
Folding
Combining a light, airy mixture into a heavier one without knocking out the air.
Why it works
The whipped-in air is the only leavening — stirring shears the bubbles apart and they never come back.
The tell
Streaks just disappear while the batter still looks pillowy and mounded, not pourable.
- White streaks
- Just combined
- Smooth and slack
How it fails
Overfolded batter bakes flat and dense with no rescue — stop at streaky-just-combined.
Open the card in Rikaido
In the app, the card opens on the recipe step that names it, with the tell drawn.
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