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Food
Dish
Shelf posi-
tion
Type of
heating
Temperature
in °C
Baking time in
minutes
Victoria sandwich
2 levels
2 wire racks +
4 tins, dia. 20 cm
3+1
:
*
160-170
25-30
Scones
2 levels
Wire rack with baking tray
+ universal pan
3+1
:
*
180-200
8-12
Biscuits
2 levels
Wire rack with baking tray
+ universal pan
3+1
:
*
160-170
15-20
Small cakes
2 levels
2 wire racks +
2 12-cup tins
3+1
:
*
150-160
20-30
Jacket potatoes, 2
levels
2 wire racks
3+1
:
*
160-170
65-75
Pizza (homemade)
Wire rack with baking tray
+ universal pan
3+1
:
*
180-190
35-45
* preheat
Food
Dish
Shelf posi-
tion
Type of
heating
Temperature
in °C
Time
in minutes
Victoria sandwich
Wire rack + 1 tin,
dia. 20 cm
1
%
*
160-170
25-30
Scones
Wire rack + baking tray
1
%
*
200-210
10-12
Small cakes
Wire rack + 12-cup tin
1
%
*
150-160
25-30
Jam tarts
Wire rack + 12-cup tin
1
%
*
190-210
15-25
Swiss roll
Wire rack + Swiss roll tin
1
%
*
180-190
10-15
Biscuits
Wire rack + baking tray
1
%
*
170-180
10-15
Meringues
Wire rack + baking tray
1
%
*
80
110-140
* Preheat.
You want to bake following your own
recipe.
Use similar items in the baking tables as a guide.
This way you will be able to establish
whether the 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 part. If the cocktail stick comes out clean, the
cake is ready.
The cake collapses.
Use less fluid next time or set the oven temperature 10 degrees lower. Observe the
specified mixing times in the recipe.
The cake has risen in the middle but has
sunk around the edge.
Do not grease the edge of the springform cake tin. After baking, loosen the cake care-
fully with a knife.
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.
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 drink over it. Next time, select a temperature 10 degrees higher and
reduce the baking time.
The bread or cake (e.g. cheesecake)
looks good but is sticky on the inside
(soggy with wet streaks).
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 stick to the baking times.
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. Greaseproof paper that pro-
trudes over the food can affect the air circulation. For this reason, always cut the grease-
proof paper to fit the baking tray.
The bottom of a fruit cake is too light.
Place the cake one level lower the next time.
The fruit juice overflows.
Next time, use the deeper universal pan, if you have one.
Small baked products made out of yeast
dough stick to one another when bak-
ing.
There should be a distance of approx. 2 cm around each item. This gives enough space
for the item to expand nicely and turn brown on all sides.
Condensation forms when you bake
moist cakes.
Baking may result in the formation of water vapour, which escapes via the door. The
steam may settle and form water droplets on the control panel or on the fronts of adja-
cent units. This is a normal physical process.
