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Tips on baking – Electrolux B3101-5 User Manual

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Tips on Baking

Baking results

Possible cause

Remedy

The cake is not browned

enough at the bottom

Wrong shelf level

Place cake on a lower shelf

The cake sinks (becomes

soggy, lumpy, streaky)

Oven temperature too high

Use a slightly lower temperature

setting

Baking time too short

Increase baking time

Baking times cannot be re-

duced by setting higher tem-

peratures

Too much liquid in the dough/mix-

ture

Use less liquid

Pay attention to mixing times,

especially if using mixing ma-

chines

Cake is too dry

Oven temperature too low

Increase oven temperature

Baking time too long

Shorten baking time

Cake browns unevenly

Oven temperature too high and

baking time too short

Set a lower temperature and in-

crease baking time

Dough/mixture is unevenly distrib-

uted

Spread the dough/mixture even-

ly on the baking tray

Cake is not cooked with-

in the baking time set

Temperature too low

Use a slightly higher tempera-

ture setting