Baking
Frozen food
When baking deep frozen products
such as chips, croquettes, cakes,
pizza and baguettes, use the lowest
temperature quoted on the
manufacturer's packaging.
Cook frozen desserts, pizza or
baguettes on baking paper on the
rack.
Baking these frozen items on the
baking tray can cause the metal to
distort to such an extent that the tray
cannot be taken out of the oven.
Bake items of frozen food such as
oven chips, potato croquettes etc. on
the baking tray. Place them on baking
parchment and turn several times
during cooking.
Baking tray / condensate tray
When baking cakes with a deep fresh
fruit filling, e.g. plum or damson, use
the condensate tray. As it has higher
sides than the baking tray fruit juice is
less likely to spill over and the oven
will stay cleaner.
Grease and flour the baking tray
when baking bread and rolls.
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Shelf level
When baking cakes with a moist
topping only bake on one level.
Bake on a maximum of 2 shelf levels
at the same time. When baking on 2
levels at the same time use shelf
levels 2 and 4.
If you are using the condensate tray
for baking on please use it on shelf
level 2 and place the baking tray on
shelf level 4 for best results.
Notes on the baking chart
As a general rule, select the lower
temperature given in the chart.
Do not set a temperature higher than
that recommended. Increasing the
temperature may reduce the baking
duration, but will lead to uneven
browning, and unsatisfactory cooking
results.
Check if the food is cooked at the
end of the shortest duration quoted.
To check if a cake is ready, insert a
wooden skewer into the centre. It is
ready if the skewer comes out clean,
without dough or crumbs sticking to
it.