[Avodah] Halacha Yomis - Hafrashas challah, liquid batter

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

Do liquid batters such as cake batters require hafrashas challah?

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Q. Do liquid batters such as cake batters require hafrashas challah?

Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De'ah 329:2) writes that liquid batters also 
require hafrashas challah, provided that they contain the amount of 
flour for which one takes challah. However, according to Rabbeinu 
Tam, challah can only be taken after the batter has been baked. 
Therefore, one should first bake the cake and then cut off a small 
piece for hafrashas challah. Alternatively, one can pour off a small 
amount of batter into a cupcake tin, and bake it alongside the cake. 
After the cakes are removed from the oven, one should take the 
cupcake out of the tin and place it on top of the pan of cake and 
cover them with a towel. Then one should declare the cupcake challah. 
However, some will not make a beracha on hafrashas challah on cake in 
deference to the opinion of Aruch Hashulchan (329:15).


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