When you bake a cake from a packet, you usually have to just oil, eggs, and water. Why doesn’t the oil just rise to

Question: When you bake a cake from a packet, you usually have to just oil, eggs, and water. Why doesn't the oil just rise to the top of the bowl/pan?
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  bake,
  cake,
  eggs,
  oil,
  water
Asked by evanotoole18 to Ciara, Elaine, Golnaz, Gonzalo, Yannis, Yvonne on 9 Nov 2017.
- Ciara O'Donovan answered on 9 Nov 2017:
  
  This is because in cake you have what are called emulsifiers which stops the oil from separating out so it stays in the cake.. if you added too much it might come out of the cake when you are baking it though.
- Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 9 Nov 2017:
  
  The oil gets mixed with the water because the cake powder and the eggs have proteins and other substances (called emulsifiers as Ciara has said) that can make it happen. This is because proteins surrounds the oil and make them soluble in water.
  It also depends on the quantity of oil and water. If you add more oil than water is the water the one that gets dissolved in the cake mix.
- Ioannis Zabetakis answered on 9 Nov 2017:
  
  well said guys!

Question: When you bake a cake from a packet, you usually have to just oil, eggs, and water. Why doesn't the oil just rise to the top of the bowl/pan?