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Tips on Baking
Table Pizza setting
Baking results
Possible cause
Remedy
The cake is not browned
enough underneath
Wrong oven level
Place cake lower
The cake sinks (becomes
soggy, lumpy, streaky)
Oven temperature too high
Use a slightly lower setting
Baking time too short
Set a longer baking time
Baking times cannot be reduced by
setting higher temperatures
Too much liquid in the mixture
Use less liquid.
Pay attention to mixing times, espe-
cially if using mixing machines
Cake is too dry
Oven temperature too low
Set oven temperature higher.
Baking time too long
Set a shorter baking time
Cake browns unevenly
Oven temperature too high and baking
time too short
Set a lower oven temperature and a
longer baking time
Mixture is unevenly distributed
Spread the mixture evenly on the
baking tray
Grease filter is inserted
Take out the grease filter
Cake does not cook in the
baking time given
Temperature too low
Use a slightly higher oven setting
Grease filter is inserted
Take out the grease filter
Type of baking
Shelf position
Temperature
°C
Time
Hr: Mins.
Pizza (thin crust)
1
180 - 200
1)
20 - 30
Pizza (with a lot of topping)
1
180 - 200
20 - 30
Tarts
1
180 - 200
45 - 60
Spinach flan
1
160 -180
45 - 60
Quiche Lorraine
1
170 - 190
40 - 50
Quark flan, round
1
140 - 160
60 - 90
Quark flan on tray
1
140 - 160
50 - 60
Apple cake, covered
1
150 - 170
50 - 70
Vegetable pie
1
160 - 180
50 - 60
Unleavened bread
1
250 - 270
1)
10 - 20
Puff pastry flan
1
160 - 180
1)
40 - 50
Flammekuchen (Pizza-like dish from Al-
sace)
1
250 - 270
1)
12 - 20
Piroggen (Russian version of calzone)
1
180 - 200
1)
15 - 25
1) Pre-heat the oven