Common Baking Problems - Kenmore 30-inch electric wall ovens Owner's Manual

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Cakes are uneven.
Cake falls.
Cakes, cookies, biscuits
too brown on bottom.
Excessive shrinkage.
Cakes have tunnels.
Pie crust edges too
brown.
Pies have soaked crust.
• Pans too close or touching each other or oven walls. ° Batter uneven in pans.
• Temperature set too low or baking time too short. • Oven not level, o Undermixing. • Too
much liquid.
• Too much shortening or sugar. • Too much or too little liquid. • Temperature set too low.
° Old or too little baking powder. • Pan too small. ° Oven door opened frequently. • Added
incorrect type of oil to cake mix. • Added additional ingredients to cake mix or recipe.
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• Oven not preheated. • Pans touching each other or oven walls. • Incorrect rack position.
Incorrect use of aluminum foil. • Placed 2 cookie sheets on one rack. ° Used glass, dark,
stained warped or dull finish metal pans. (Use a shiny cookie sheet.)
Follow cookware manufacturer's instructions for oven temperature. Glassware and dark
cookware such as Ecko's Baker's Secret may require lowering the oven temperature by
25oE
• Too little leavening. • Overmixing. • Pan too large. • Temperature set too high. • Baking
time too long. • Pans too close to each other or oven walls.
° Not enough shortening. •Too much bakingpowder.° Overmi×ing orattoohigha speed.
° Temperaturesettoohigh.
• Temperature set too high. • Pans touching each other or oven walls. • Edges of crust too
thin; shield with foil.
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• Temperature too low at start of baking. • Filling too juicy. • Used shiny metal pans.