[Avodah] taking off chalah from cake dough

[Ilana Sober]

"Someone just told me that one is required to remove
chalah from cake dough as well as bread dough. Has
anybody else heard this? Is there a difference
between  a commercial baker and home baker?"

You need something like 12 cups of flour to separate challah with a bracha, and I think 8-9 cups even without a bracha. That's more than you would generally use baking cake at home.

I think there are also questions about whether the recipe includes water, whether water is the primary liquid, etc - in some cases one would take challah from cake without a bracha.

- Ilana

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