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Baking tips
Bakes and gratins
Your appliance offers a range of heating functions for
cooking bakes. The settings tables list the optimal
settings for a wide range of dishes.
How well cooked a bake is will depend on the size of
the cookware and the shelf position of the bake.
Use wide, shallow cookware for bakes and gratins.
Food takes longer to cook in deep, narrow cookware
and it browns more on top.
Always use the shelf positions indicated.
You can cook food on one level in baking tins/dishes or
in the universal pan.
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Baking tins/dishes on the wire rack: Position 2
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Universal pan, position 3
You can cut energy use by cooking different items at
the same time. Position baking tins/dishes next to one
another in the cooking compartment.
You want to find out whether the cake
is completely cooked in the middle.
Push a cocktail stick into the highest point on the cake. If the cocktail stick comes out clean with no cake mix-
ture on it, the cake is ready.
The cake collapses.
Next time use less liquid. Alternatively, set the temperature 10 °C lower and extend the baking time. Use the
ingredients and preparation instructions given in the recipe.
The cake has risen in the middle but
is lower around the edges.
Only grease the base of the springform cake tin. After baking, loosen the cake carefully with a knife.
The fruit juice overflows.
Next time, use the universal pan.
Small baked items stick to one
another when they are baked.
Leave a gap of approx. 2 cm between each baked item. This allows enough space for the baked items to
expand well and brown on all sides.
The cake is too dry.
Set the temperature 10 °C higher and shorten the baking time.
The cake is too light in colour.
If the shelf position and the accessory are correct, then you should increase the temperature if necessary or
extend the baking time.
The cake is too light on top and too
dark underneath.
Bake the cake one level higher in the oven next time.
The cake is too dark on top and too
light underneath.
Bake the cake one level lower in the oven next time. Select a lower temperature and extend the baking time.
The back of a cake baked in a tin or
loaf tin is too dark.
Place the baking tray in the middle of the accessory, not directly against the back panel of the oven.
The cake is very dark.
Next time, select a lower temperature and extend the baking time if necessary.
The cake is unevenly browned.
Select a slightly lower temperature.
Excess greaseproof paper can affect the air circulation. Always cut greaseproof paper to size.
Ensure that the baking tin is not standing directly in front of the openings in the cooking compartment back
panel.
Small baked items should be of roughly equal size and thickness.
The cake looks good but is not
cooked properly in the middle.
Select a lower temperature and extend the baking time. Add less liquid if necessary. For cakes with a moist
topping, bake the base first. Sprinkle it with almonds or breadcrumbs and then place the topping on top.
The cake will not come out of the tin
when turned upside down.
Allow the cake to cool down for 5 to 10 minutes after baking. If it still sticks, carefully loosen the cake around
the edges using a knife. Turn the cake tin upside down again and cover it with a cold, wet cloth. Next time,
grease the tin and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
Dish
Accessories/cookware Shelf posi-
tion
Heating
function
Temperature in
°C
Cooking time
in min
Bake, savoury, cooked ingredients
Ovenproof dish
2
%
200-220
30-60
Bake, sweet
Ovenproof dish
2
%
180-200
50-60
Potato gratin, raw ingredients, 4 cm deep
Ovenproof dish
2
%
160-180
60-80
