Energy and environment tips
Here you can find tips on how to save energy when baking and
roasting and how to dispose of your appliance properly.
Saving energy
Only preheat the oven when it is specified in the recipe that
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you should do so.
Open the oven door as little as possible while you are
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cooking, baking or roasting.
It is best to bake several cakes one after the other. The oven
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is still warm. This reduces the baking time for the second
cake. You can also place two loaf tins next to each other.
Acrylamide in foodstuffs
Acrylamide is mainly produced in grain and potato products
prepared at high temperatures, such as potato crisps, chips,
Tips for keeping acrylamide to a minimum when preparing food
General
Baking
Biscuits
Oven chips
Tips for using your appliance
Here you will find a selection of tips on ovenware and
preparation methods.
Notes
Use the accessories provided. Additional accessories may
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be obtained as special accessories from specialist retailers
or from the after-sales service.
Before using the oven, remove any unnecessary accessories
and ovenware from the cooking compartment.
Always use an oven cloth or oven gloves when taking
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accessories or cookware out of the cooking compartment.
Baking tips
How to establish whether sponge cake
is baked through.
The cake collapses.
The cake has risen high in the middle
and less around the edges.
The cake is too dark on the top.
The cake is too dry.
Keep cooking times to a minimum.
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Cook meals until they are golden brown, but not too dark.
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Large, thick pieces of food contain less acrylamide.
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max. 200 °C.
max. 190 °C.
Egg or egg yolk reduces the production of acrylamide.
Spread out a single layer evenly on the baking tray. Cook at least 400 g at once on a
baking tray so that the chips do not dry out.
Approx. 10 minutes before the end of the baking time stated in the recipe, insert a cock-
tail stick into the cake at its deepest point. If no cake mixture sticks to the wood, the cake
is ready.
Use less fluid next time or set the oven temperature 10 degrees lower. Note the stirring
times indicated in the recipe.
Do not grease the sides of the springform cake tin. After baking, carefully loosen the
cake using a knife.
Place it lower in the oven, select a lower temperature and bake the cake for a little
longer.
When it is done, make small holes in the cake using a cocktail stick. Then drizzle fruit
juice or an alcoholic drink over it. Next time, set the temperature 10 degrees higher and
reduce the baking time.
For longer cooking times, you can switch the oven off
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10 minutes before the end of the cooking time and use the
residual heat to finish cooking.
Environmentally-friendly disposal
Dispose of packaging in an environmentally-friendly manner.
This appliance is labelled in accordance with
European Directive 2012/19/EU concerning used
electrical and electronic appliances (waste electrical
and electronic equipment - WEEE). The guideline
determines the framework for the return and recycling
of used appliances as applicable throughout the EU.
toast, bread rolls, bread or fine baked goods (biscuits,
gingerbread, cookies).
Baking
Baking tins
Use light-coloured baking tins and trays wherever possible.
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Always place the baking tins on the middle of the baking and
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roasting wire rack.
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