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Baking
The below table gives guidelines for cooking a range of different foods, individual food,
or personal preferences may slightly vary the oven position, temperature and cooking
time from those suggested.
All cooking temperatures stated refer to a preheated oven (allow 15 minutes for
preheating).
FOOD ITEM
QUANTITY
RANK
POSITION
OVEN TEMP.
°F (°C)
TIME
CAKES
Patty cakes
Sponges
Butter cake - slab
Boiled fruit cake - 20 cm tin
Rich fruit cake - 20 cm tin
20
1 or 2
1
1
1
2 or 3
2 or 3
2 or 3
2 or 3
2 or 3
375 (190)
375 (190)
375 (190)
320 (160)
300 (150)
15-20 mins.
20-25 mins
30-35 mins.
2 hrs.
4 hrs.
SCONES - plain
20
2
465 (240)
10-12 mins.
BISCUITS
Anzacs
Burnt butter biscuits
24
40
3 or 4
3 or 4
300 (150)
355 (180)
20 mins.
25 mins.
MERINGUE - small
20
3 or 4
2(125)
1-1½ hrs.
allow to cool in
oven
PASTRIES
Custard tart - 23 cm
Fruit pies - biscuit pastry,
double crust cooked filling
Sausages rolls
1
1
20
3
3 or 4
425/355
(220/180)
410/375
(210/190)
425 (220)
10/40-50 mins.
15/15-20 mins.
20-25 mins.
PIZZA - yeast dough 30 cm
1
3
(240)
20-25 mins.
OVEN MEAL
Roast meat & vegetables
Fruit pies
2
2 or 3
2 or 3
375 (210)
as requested
50-60 mins.
BREAD
1 loaf
4
390 (200)
35-40 mins.
