Getting To Know Your Oven; Oven Guide - Westinghouse WLE524WC User Manual

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR OVEN

Getting to know your new oven with this simple
'Test Cake'
When baking, it is normal to experience some slight variation
in temperature throughout the oven, resulting in minor
differences in colour of the items being baked� You may need
to rotate items
whilst cooking to ensure an even colour�
SIMPLE 'Test Cake'
125g butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla essence
4 large eggs
2 cups self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
4 tablespoons (80ml ) full-cream milk
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TEST CAKE
Method:
1� Butter base and sides of two, 20cm straight-sided round
or square cake pans� Then line the base with grease proof
paper or baking paper�
2� Preheat oven to moderate 180 ˚ C (170 ˚ C fan forced) for
30 minutes and ensure oven shelf is in position 2 of the
oven�
3� Cream softened butter and sugar until light in colour�
4� Add vanilla essence�
5� Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition�
6� Sift flour and salt into the mixture and beat until
well combined�
7� Add milk and beat or stir to combine�
8� Spoon mixture equally between prepared cake pans�
9� Bake in preheated oven, position 2 for about 25 to 35
minutes� Tip: Insert a fine cake skewer into the cake mix�
If it comes out clean, or if the edges of the cake have
come away slightly from the sides of the cake pan,
the cake is ready�
10� Remove from oven and place on wire cake rack and rest for
5 minutes before removing from cake pans� Cool completely�
To Serve: sandwich together with your favourite jam or
conserve, and dust top with pure icing sugar�
NOTE: if desired, substitute butter for either margarine or olive
oil spread.
Recipe is based on the Australian standard metric 250ml cup
and 20ml tablespoon sets�

OVEN GUIDE

The following is intended as a guide� Cooking variation is natural and to be expected� You should experiment with times,
temperatures and recipes to obtain the best results to your own taste� Get to know your oven before making a service call�
Where the gas models vary from the electric models, details for gas cooking is shown in brackets� For best results when baking,
preheat your oven for 30 minutes�
FOOD CONVENTIONAL OVEN
Temperature C Oven shelf
0
Plain or fruit scones 220 2 (3)
Rolled biscuits 170 (180) 2
Spooned biscuits 190 2
Shortbread biscuits 160 1 or 2
Hard individual meringues 110 2
Soft individual meringues 180 2
Pavlova – 6 eggs 110 (120) 1
Patty cakes 190 2
Sponge – 4 eggs 180 2
Plain butter cake 180 2
Rich fruit cake 140 (150) 2
Shortcrust cornish pasty 200 (200/180) 2
#
Shortcrust custard tart 200/180 (220/180) 1(3)
Cream puffs 210 2
Yeast bread 210 1
Pizza 220 2
* Shelf position is counted from the bottom shelf up� Bottom shelf position is 1�
# Turn down temperatures shown�
MEAT/POULTRY/FISH RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURE
– Rare 200
– Medium 200
Beef
– Well done 200
– Medium 200
Lamb
– Well done 200
Veal 180
Pork 200
Chicken 180 - 200
Duck 180 - 200
180
Turkey
Fish 180
FAN FORCED OVEN
Temperature C Oven shelf
0
position* position*
210 Any
150 (170) Any
180 Any
150 Any
100 Any
165 Any
100 Any
180 Any
170 Any
170 Any
130 Any
180 (180/160) Any
190/170 (200/180) Any
200 Any
200 Any
220 Any
C MINUTES PER KILOGRAM
0
35 - 40
45 - 50
55 - 60
40
60
60
60
45 – 50
60 – 70
40 – 45 (less than 10kg)
35 – 40 (more than 10kg)
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TIME IN MINUTES
10 –15
10 –15
12 –15
30 – 35
90
15 – 20
75
15 – 20
20 – 30
25 – 40
180
40 – 45 (10/35)
20 – 30 (10/25)
25 – 30
25 – 30
15 – 25
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OVEN GUIDE