Usage, Tables and Tips 33
Tips on Baking
Baking results | Possible cause | Remedy |
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The cake is not browned | Wrong shelf level | Place cake on a lower shelf |
enough at the bottom |
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The cake sinks (becomes | Oven temperature too high | Use a slightly lower temperature |
soggy, lumpy, streaky) |
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| Baking time too short | Increase baking time |
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| Baking times cannot be |
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| reduced by setting higher |
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| temperatures |
| Too much liquid in the dough/ | Use less liquid |
| mixture | Pay attention to mixing times, |
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| especially if using mixing |
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| machines |
Cake is too dry | Oven temperature too low | Increase oven temperature |
| Baking time too long | Shorten baking time |
Cake browns unevenly | Oven temperature too high and | Set a lower temperature and |
| baking time too short | increase baking time |
| Dough/mixture is unevenly | Spread the dough/mixture even- |
| distributed | ly on the baking tray |
Cake is not cooked with- | Temperature too low | Use a slightly higher tempera- |
in the baking time set |
| ture setting |
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