UsInG tHe MaIn oven - electRIc
Note:Thisisahighefciencyoven,there-
fore some adjustment will have to be
made to conventional cooking tempera-
tures. The table below shows conven-
tionalcookingtemperatures,‘A’efciency
temperatures and gas marks. For opti-
mum results,
conventional temperatures need to be
convertedto‘A’efciencytemperatures.
For example, an item which would nor-
mally cook at a conventional temperature
of 180 °c, will now cook at the ‘A’ ef-
ciencytemperatureof160°C.
conventional temperature
(°c)
‘A’ Efciency Oven
(°c)
Gas Mark
100
110
130
140
150
160
180-190
200
220
230
250
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
1/4
1/4
1/2
1
2
3
4-5
6
7
8
9
food type temperature
settings (°c)
time
approx.
shelf
position
cakes
Small cakes
Victoria sandwich
Semi rich fruit cake
christmas cake
conv
190
180
150
150
fanned
160
160
125
125
15 - 25
20 - 30
2.5HrS - 3HrS
2.5HrS - 3HrS
2 - 4
3
2
2
Puddings
Bread and butter pud-
ding
Fruit crumble
170
200
150
175
45 - 1hr
40 - 1hr
3
3
Miscellaneous
Yorkshire pudding:
large
small
Shortcrust pastry
220
220
200
200
200
180
40 - 48
15 - 20
depends on
lling
4 - 5
4 - 5
4 - 5