Oven - Hints And Tips - AEG CIB6731ACM User Manual

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11. OVEN - HINTS AND TIPS

WARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.
The temperature and baking
times in the tables are
guidelines only. They
depend on the recipes and
the quality and quantity of
the ingredients used.
Always preheat an empty
oven at the temperature
required for the food for 20
minutes before you start
cooking.
11.1 Top oven
The top oven is the smaller of the two
ovens. It has 3 shelf positions. Use it to
cook smaller quantities of food. It gives
especially good results when used to
cook fruitcakes, sweets and savoury flants
or quiche.
11.4 Tips on baking
Baking results
The bottom of the cake
is not browned suffi-
ciently.
The cake sinks and be-
comes soggy, lumpy or
streaky.
The cake is too dry.
11.2 Main oven
The main oven is particularly suitable for
cooking larger quantities of food.
11.3 Baking
• Use the lower temperature the first
• You can extend baking times by 10 –
• Cakes and pastries at different
• Trays in the oven can twist during
Possible cause
The shelf position is incor-
rect.
The oven temperature is
too high.
The baking time is too
short.
There is too much liquid in
the mixture.
The oven temperature is
too low.
The baking time is too long. The next time you bake, set a
time.
15 minutes if you bake cakes on more
than one shelf position.
heights do not always brown equally.
There is no need to change the
temperature setting if an unequal
browning occurs. The differences
equalize during baking.
baking. When the trays become cold
again, the distortions disappear.
Remedy
Put the cake on a lower shelf.
The next time you bake, set a
slightly lower oven temperature.
Set a longer baking time. You
cannot decrease baking times by
setting higher temperatures.
Use less liquid. Be careful with
mixing times, especially if you use
a mixing machine.
The next time you bake, set a
higher oven temperature.
shorter baking time.