Soft cake and method of manufacture thereof

A method for the production of a soft cake having at least a molded face and at least a non-molded face;

• the molded face having at least one molded three-dimensional pattern,
• the method comprising the steps of:
• a) pouring a cake batter suitable for forming a soft cake into a pan, wherein the cake batter has a viscosity of between 500 and 1 Pa·s;
• b) baking said cake batter in said pan to form a soft cake;
• and
• c) removing the soft cake from the pan,
• wherein the pan has a molded inner surface for receiving the cake batter and which provides the at least one three-dimensional molding pattern of the soft cake, and wherein the molded inner surface of the pan has an arithmetical mean degree of roughness (Ra) of from 0.12 μm to 0.22 μm,
• wherein the at least one molded three-dimensional pattern of the soft cake is complementary to the molded inner surface of the pan and has a molded groove which is in recess relative to said molded face and/or a molded ridge which protrudes relative to said molded face,
• wherein at least a portion of said molded groove and/or molded ridge has:
• a respective depth and/or height of from 2 mm to 4 mm;
• and
• a width of less than 1 mm measured across the groove and/or molded ridge at the maximum depth and/or height respectively.