User manual

Oven - Helpful hints and tips
Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.
The temperature and baking times in the
tables are guidelines only. They depend
on the recipes, quality and quantity of the in-
gredients used.
Top oven
The top oven is the smaller of the two ovens. It
has 3 shelf levels. Use is to cook smaller
quantities of food. It gives especially good re-
sults when used to cook fruitcakes, sweets
and savoury flants or quiche.
Main oven
The main oven is particularly suitable for cook-
ing larger quantities of food.
Baking
General instructions
• Your new oven may bake or roast differently
to the appliance you had before. Adapt your
usual settings (temperature, cooking times)
and shelf levels to the values in the tables.
• With longer baking times, the oven can be
switched off about 10 minutes before the
end of baking time, to use the residual heat.
• Use deep roasting pan in middle or top shelf
level of top oven.
• To brown pastry dishes on the bottom, cook
on metal plate or put on a baking tray.
When you use frozen food, the trays in
the oven can twist during baking. When
the trays get cold again, the distortion
will be gone.
How to use the Baking Tables
• We recommend to use the lower tempera-
ture the first time.
• If you cannot find the settings for a special
recipe, look for the one that is almost the
same.
• Baking time can be extended by 10-15 mi-
nutes, if you bake cakes on more than one
level.
• Cakes and pastries at different heights do
not always brown equally at first. If this oc-
curs, do not change the temperature set-
ting. The differences equalize during the
baking procedure.
Tips on baking
Baking results Possible cause Remedy
The cake is not browned
sufficiently below
Incorrect oven level Put the cake on a lower oven level
The cake sinks (be-
comes soggy, lumpy,
streaky)
Oven temperature too high Use a lower setting
The cake sinks (be-
comes soggy, lumpy,
streaky)
Baking time is too short Set a longer baking time
Do not set higher temperatures to de-
crease baking times
The cake sinks (be-
comes soggy, lumpy,
streaky)
Too much liquid in the mixture Use less liquid. Look at the mixing times, spe-
cially when you use mixing machines
Cake is too dry Oven temperature too low Set a higher oven temperature
Cake is too dry Baking time too long Set a shorter baking time
Cake does not brown
equally
Oven temperature too high
and baking time too short
Set a lower oven temperature and a longer
baking time
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