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Tips on baking
Baking results Possible cause Remedy
The bottom of the cake is not
browned sufficiently.
The shelf position is incorrect. Put the cake on a lower shelf.
The cake sinks and becomes
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 becomes
soggy, lumpy or streaky.
The baking time is too short.
Set a longer baking time. You
cannot decrease baking
times by setting higher tem-
peratures.
The cake sinks and becomes
soggy, lumpy or streaky.
There is too much liquid in the
mixture.
Use less liquid. Be careful with
mixing times, especially 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 temperature.
The cake is too dry. The baking time is too long.
The next time you bake, set a
shorter baking time.
The cake browns unevenly.
The oven temperature is too
high and the baking time is too
short.
Set a lower oven temperature
and a longer baking time.
The cake browns unevenly.
The mixture is unevenly distrib-
uted.
Spread the mixture evenly on
the baking tray.
The cake is not ready in the
baking time given.
The oven temperature is too
low.
The next time you bake, set a
slightly higher oven tempera-
ture.
Baking on one level:
Baking in tins
Type of baking Oven function Shelf position Temperature
(°C)
Time (min)
Ring cake / Brio-
che
True Fan Cook-
ing
1 150 - 160 50 - 70
Madeira cake /
Fruit cakes
True Fan Cook-
ing
1 140 - 160 70 - 90
Fatless sponge
cake / Fatless
sponge cake
True Fan Cook-
ing
2 140 - 150 35 - 50
Fatless sponge
cake / Fatless
sponge cake
Conventional
Cooking
2 160 35 - 50
Flan base - short
pastry
True Fan Cook-
ing
2
170 - 180
1)
10 - 25
Flan base -
sponge mixture
True Fan Cook-
ing
2 150 - 170 20 - 25
Apple pie / Apple
pie (2 tins Ø20
cm, diagonally off
set)
True Fan Cook-
ing
2 160 60 - 90
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