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10.18 Tips on baking
Baking results
The bottom of the cake
is not baked sufficiently.
The cake sinks and be-
comes soggy or streaky.
The cake is too dry.
The cake bakes uneven-
ly.
The cake is not ready in
the baking time speci-
fied in a recipe.
10.19 Baking on one level
BAKING IN TINS
Ring cake / Brioche True Fan Cooking 150 - 160
Madeira cake /
Fruit cakes
Flan base - short
pastry, preheat the
empty oven
Flan base - sponge
cake mixture
Cheesecake
Possible cause
The shelf position is incor-
rect.
The oven temperature is
too high.
The baking time is too
short.
The oven temperature is
too low.
The baking time is too long. Next time set shorter baking time.
The oven temperature is
too high and the baking
time is too short.
The cake batter is not even-
ly distributed.
The oven temperature is
too low.
(°C)
True Fan Cooking 140 - 160
True Fan Cooking 150 - 160
True Fan Cooking 150 - 170
Conventional
170 - 190
Cooking
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Remedy
Put the cake on a lower shelf.
Next time set slightly lower oven
temperature.
Next time set a longer baking
time and lower oven temperature.
Next time set higher oven tem-
perature.
Set lower oven temperature and
longer baking time.
Next time spread the cake batter
evenly on the baking tray.
Next time set a slightly higher
oven temperature.
(min)
50 - 70
70 - 90
20 - 30
20 - 25
60 - 90
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