AEG DE4003000M - Manual (Page 15)

10. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.
The temperature and baking
times in the tables are guidelines
only. They depend on the rec-
ipes, quality and quantity of the
ingredients used.
10.1 Top oven
The top oven is the smaller of the two
ovens. It has 6 shelf levels. Use is to cook
smaller quantities of food. It gives espe-
cially good results when used to cook
fruitcakes, sweets and savoury flants or
quiche.
10.2 Main oven
The main oven is particularly suitable for
cooking larger quantities of food.
10.3 Baking
General instructions
• Your new oven may bake or roast dif-
ferently to the appliance you had be-
fore. Adapt your usual settings (tem-
perature, cooking times) and shelf lev-
els to the values in the tables.
• With longer baking times, the oven
can be switched off about 10 minutes
before the end of baking time, to use
the residual heat.
When you use frozen food, the trays
in the oven can twist during baking.
When the trays get cold again, the
distortion will be gone.
How to use the Baking Tables
• We recommend to use the lower tem-
perature the first time.
• If you cannot find the settings for a
special recipe, look for the one that is
almost the same.
• Baking time can be extended by 10-15
minutes, if you bake cakes on more
than one level.
• Cakes and pastries at different heights
do not always brown equally at first. If
this occurs, do not change the tem-
perature setting. The differences
equalize during the baking procedure.
Tips on baking
Baking results Possible cause Remedy
The cake is not
browned suffi-
ciently below Incorrect oven level Put the cake on a lower oven level
The cake sinks
(becomes soggy,
lumpy, streaky) Oven temperature too
high Use a lower setting
The cake sinks
(becomes soggy,
lumpy, streaky) Baking time is too
short Set a longer baking time
Do not set higher temperatures
to decrease baking times
The cake sinks
(becomes soggy,
lumpy, streaky) Too much liquid in the
mixture Use less liquid. Look at the mixing
times, specially when you use
mixing machines
Cake is too dry
Oven temperature too
low Set a higher oven temperature
Cake is too dry Baking time too long Set a shorter baking time
Cake does not
brown equally
Oven temperature too
high and baking time
too short Set a lower oven temperature and
a longer baking time
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