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Tips on Baking
Table: Desserts
Baking results Possible cause Remedy
The cake is not browned
enough at the bottom
Wrong shelf level Place cake on a lower shelf
The cake sinks (becomes
soggy, lumpy, streaky)
Oven temperature too high Use a slightly lower temperature
setting
Baking time too short Increase baking time
Baking times cannot be
reduced by setting higher
temperatures
Too much liquid in the dough
/mixture
Use less liquid
Pay attention to mixing times,
especially if using mixing ma-
chines
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
baking time too short
Set a lower temperature and
increase baking time
Dough/mixture is unevenly
distributed
Spread the dough/mixture even-
ly on the baking tray
Cake is not cooked with-
in the baking time set
Temperature too low Use a slightly higher tempera-
ture setting
Desserts
Convection with ring heating
element
Time
Shelf position
Temperature
°C
Hr. : Min.
Apple pie 3 180-190 0:45-050
Rice pudding 3 130-140 2:00-2:30
Fruit crumble 3 160 0:50-1:10
Pineapple upside down cake 3 160 0:35-0:45
Pavlova 3 130 1:00-1:10
Baked custard 3 150-160 0:45-1:00
Baked apples 3 160-170 0:40-1:00
Bread and butter pudding 3 170-180 0:40-0:55
Apple charlotte 3 180-190 0:40-0:55
Soufflé - sweet/savoury 3 170-190
1)
1) Pre-heat oven
0:30-0:45