Maytag CWE5800 - Manual (Page 13)

Common Baking Problems and Why They Happen
If you have carefully followed the basic instructions and still experience poor results, these suggestions may be
helpful:
Cakes are uneven.
Pans touching each other or oven walls.
Batter uneven in pans.
Oven temperature too low or baking time too short.
Oven not level.
Undermixing.
Too much hquid.
Excessive shrinkage.
Too little leavening.
Overmixing.
Pan too large.
Oven temperature too high.
Baking time too long.
Pans too close to each other or oven wall.
Cakes high in middle.
Temperature too high.
Baking time too long.
Overmixing.
Too much flour.
Pans touching each other or oven walls.
Crumbly or dry texture.
Improper measurement of sugar, baking powder,
hquid or fat.
Old baking powder.
Oven temperature too high.
Baking time too long.
Uneven Texture.
Too much hquid.
Undermixing.
Oven temperature too low.
Baking time too short.
Cakes fall.
Too much shortening or sugar.
Too much or too little liquid.
Temperature too low.
Old or too httle baking powder.
Pan too small.
Oven door opened frequently. Cakes have tunnels.
Not enough shortening.
Too much baking powder.
Overmixing.
Oven temperature too high.
Cakes crack on top.
Batter overmixed.
Oven temperature too high.
Too much leavening.
Cakes don’t brown evenly on bottom.
Oven not preheated.
Pans darkened, dented or warped.
Cakes don’t hrown on top.
Oven temperature too low.
Overmixing.
Too much hquid.
Incorrect pan size or too little batter in pan.
Oven door opened too often.
Cakes not done in middle.
Temperature too high.
Pan too small.
Pie crust edges too brown.
Oven temperature too high.
Pans touching each other or oven waUs.
Edges of crust too thin.
Cakes, cookies, biscuits too brown on bottom.
Oven not preheated.
Pans touching each other or oven walls.
Using glass, darkened, warped or dull finish
metal pans.
Incorrect rack position.
Incorrect use of aluminum foil.
Pies don’t brown on bottom.
Using shiny metal pans.
Pies have soaked crust.
Temperature too low at start of baking.
Filling too juicy.
Using shiny metal pans.
Temperature Conversions
“Fahrenheit 200 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450
“Celsius 100 120 140 150 160 180 190 200 220 230
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