User manual

10. OVEN - HINTS AND TIPS
WARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.
The temperature and baking
times in the tables are
guidelines only. They
depend on the recipes and
the quality and quantity of
the ingredients used.
Always preheat an empty
oven at the temperature
required for the food for 20
minutes before you start
cooking.
10.1 Top oven
The top oven is the smaller of the two
ovens. It has 3 shelf positions. Use it to
cook smaller quantities of food. It gives
especially good results when used to
cook fruitcakes, sweets and savoury
flants or quiche.
10.2 Main oven
The main oven is particularly suitable for
cooking larger quantities of food.
10.3 Baking
• Your oven may bake or roast
differently to the appliance you had
before. Adapt your usual settings
such as temperature, cooking time
and shelf position to the values in the
tables.
• Use the lower temperature the first
time.
• If you cannot find the settings for a
special recipe, look for the similar
one.
• Cakes and pastries at different
heights do not always brown equally
at first. If this occurs, do not change
the temperature setting. The
differences equalize during the baking
procedure.
• Trays in the oven can twist during
baking. When the trays become cold
again, the distortions disappear.
10.4 Tips on baking
Baking results Possible cause Remedy
The bottom of the cake is
not browned sufficiently.
The shelf position is incor‐
rect.
Put the cake on a lower
shelf.
The cake sinks and be‐
comes soggy, lumpy or
streaky.
The oven temperature is
too high.
The next time you bake,
set a slightly lower oven
temperature.
The cake sinks and be‐
comes soggy, lumpy or
streaky.
The baking time is too
short.
Set a longer baking time.
You cannot decrease
baking times by setting
higher temperatures.
The cake sinks and be‐
comes soggy, lumpy or
streaky.
There is too much liquid in
the mixture.
Use less liquid. Be careful
with mixing times, espe‐
cially if you use a mixing
machine.
The cake is too dry. The oven temperature is
too low.
The next time you bake,
set a higher oven tempera‐
ture.
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