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Cooking functions
Notes on baking:
Preheat the oven before baking.
Do not place anything, including water or ice, on the oven floor.
Remove the fat filter before baking.
Use the fat filter when roasting meat and poultry on FAN BAKE, FAN GRILL or FAN FORCED. It helps to keep your oven clean and reduces splatter and smoking.
Always clean the filter after every use. See ‘Care and cleaning’. Remove the fat filter before baking.
Baking chart
Fig. 23 Fat filter
The settings in the following chart are guidelines only. Follow the instructions in your recipe or on packaging and be prepared to adjust the oven settings and baking times to achieve the best possible results for you.
Shelf positions are counted from the oven floor up (1 is the lowest, 4 or 6 the highest). Arrange oven shelves before you turn the oven on, then preheat the oven to the required temperature (until the temperature indicator light goes out).
Single shelf positions below use the flat oven shelf; where a multi shelf arrangement is recommended, the higher position uses the
Due to the width of the oven, a single shelf can usually accommodate double the standard recipe.
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Small cakes | single shelf | 2 | Bake | |||
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Scones | single shelf | 2 | Bake | |||
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| two small pans (20 | 2 | Bake | |||
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one large pan | 2 | Bake | 175 | |||
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Light fruit cake | two pans (21 cm) | 2 | Bake | 1 hr 30 mins | ||
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Rich fruit cake | exact baking time | 2 | Bake | |||
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Apple pie | single shelf | 1 | Bake | 185 | ||
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Custard tart | single shelf | 1 | Bake | 15, then | ||
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Quiche | single shelf | 1 | Bake | |||
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Meringues | single shelf | 1 | Bake | 1 hr | ||
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Bread rolls | single shelf | 1 | Bake | |||
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Muffins | 2 x 12 muffin trays | 3 | Fan Forced | |||
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one 21 cm flan tin | 1 | Pastry Bake | 200 | beans, then | ||
(baked ‘blind’) | 10 mins | |||||
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