Pre-heating
To get the best results from your oven, we
recommend:
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Pre-heating for around 5 to 15 minutes
before placing your dishes in.
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This is especially important for items which
are chilled, frozen, batter based, yeast
based or whisked sponges.
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If you are using a fanned function, you
should still pre-heat but for a shorter time.
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The items in the cooking guide are based on
a pre-heated oven, but can be adjusted to
take into account personal taste.
Oven and bakeware
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Always use high quality trays and tins for
cooking. Poor quality tins and trays can
warp in the oven producing uneven results.
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Never use dishes which are cracked,
damaged or not oven proof as heating may
lead to shattering inside the oven.
Fanned Oven Guide
Conventional
temp
(˚
C)
‘A’ Efficiency
oven
(˚
C)
Gas
mark
100
110
130
140
150
160
180 - 190
200
220
230
250
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
1/4
1/4
1/2
1
2
3
4 - 5
6
7
8
9
Food Type
Temp.
Setting
˙C
Time
Approx.
Cakes
Small cakes
Victoria sandwich
Semi rich fruit cake
Christmas cake
160
160
125
125
15 - 25
20 - 30
2
1/2
- 3hrs
2
1/2
- 3hrs
Puddings
Bread & butter pudding
Fruit crumble
150
175
45 - 1hr
40 - 1hr
Misc.
Yorkshire
pudding:
large
small
Shortcrust pastry
200
200
180
40 - 45
15 - 20
depends on
filling
15