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COOKING RECOMMENDATIONS
Tips for Energy Saving
The following information will help you to use your appliance in an ecological way, and to save
energy:
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Use dark colored or enamel coated cookware in the oven, the heat transmission will be
better.
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While cooking your dishes, perform a preheating operation if it is advised in the user
manual or cooking instructions.
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Do not open the door of the oven frequently during cooking.
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Try to cook more than one dish in the oven at the same time, whenever possible. You can
cook by placing two cooking vessels onto the wire grill.
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Cook dishes subsequently. The oven will already be hot.
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You can save energy by switching off your oven a few minutes before the cooking time. Do
not open the oven door.
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Defrost frozen food before cooking.
Tips for Baking
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Use non-stick coated appropriate metal plates, aluminum containers or heat-resistant
silicone moulds.
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It is recommended to place the baking mould in the middle of the rack.
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How to establish whether sponge cake is baked through. Approximately 10 minutes before
the end of the baking time specified in the recipe, stick a cocktail stick into the cake at the
highest point. If the cocktail stick comes out clean, the cake is ready.
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The cake collapses. Use less fluid next time or set the oven temperature 10 degrees lower.
Observe the specified mixing times in the recipe.
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The cake has risen in the middle but is lower around the edge. Do not grease the sides of
the spring form cake tin. After baking, loosen the cake carefully with a knife.
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The cake goes too dark on top. Place it lower in the oven, select a lower temperature and
bake the cake for a little longer.
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The cake is too dry. When it is done, make small holes in the cake using a cocktail stick.
Then drizzle fruit juice or an alcoholic beverage over it. Next time, select a temperature 10
degree higher and reduce the baking time.
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The bread or cake (e.g. cheesecake) looks good, but is soggy on the inside (sticky,
streaked with water). Use slightly less fluid next time and bake for slightly longer at a
lower temperature. For cakes with a moist topping, bake the base first. Sprinkle it with
almonds or bread crumbs and then place the topping on top. Please follow the recipe and
baking times.
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The cake is unevenly browned. Select a slightly lower temperature to ensure that the cake
is baked more evenly. Bake delicate pastries on one level using Top/bottom heating.
Protruding greaseproof paper can affect the air circulation. For this reason, always cut
greaseproof paper to fit the baking tray.
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The bottom of a fruit cake is too light. Place the cake one level lower the next time.
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The fruit juice overflows. Next time, use the deeper universal pan, if you have one.
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Small baked items made out of yeast dough stick to one another when baking. There
should be a gap of approx. 2 cm around each item. This gives enough space for the baked
items to expand well and turn brown on all sides.