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24Uses, Tables and Tips
Tips on Baking
Baking results |
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The cake is not browned | Wrong oven level |
| Place cake lower |
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The cake sinks (becomes | Oven temperature too high |
| Use a slightly lower setting | |||
soggy, lumpy, streaky) | Baking time too short |
| Set a longer baking time | |||
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| Too much liquid in the mixture |
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Cake is too dry |
| Oven temperature too low |
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| Set a shorter baking time | ||
Cake browns unevenly | Oven temperature too high and |
| Set a lower oven temperature | |||
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| Mixture is unevenly distributed |
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| Grease filter is inserted |
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Cake does not cook in the | Temperature too low |
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| Grease filter is inserted |
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Fan baking | table |
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Type of baking |
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Pizza (thin crust) |
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| 1 | 180 - 2001) | 20 - 30 | |
Pizza (with a lot of topping) | 1 | 180 - 200 | 20 - 30 | |||
Tarts |
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| 1 | 180 - 200 | 45 - 60 | |
Spinach flan |
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| 1 | 160 | 45 - 60 | |
Quiche Lorraine |
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| 1 | 170 - 190 | 40 - 50 | |
Quark flan, round |
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| 1 | 140 - 160 | 60 - 90 | |
Quark flan on tray |
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| 1 | 140 - 160 | 50 - 60 | |
Apple cake, covered |
| 1 | 150 - 170 | 50 - 70 | ||
Vegetable pie |
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| 1 | 160 - 180 | 50 - 60 | |
Unleavened bread |
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| 1 | 250 - 2701) | 10 - 20 | |
Puff pastry flan |
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| 1 | 160 - 1801) | 40 - 50 |