User manual

17Uses, Tables and Tips
How to use the Baking Tables
The tables give the required temperature settings, baking times and oven shelf levels for
a selection of typical dishes.
• Temperatures and baking times are for guidance only, as these will depend on the
consistency of pastry or mixture, the number and the type of cake tin.
• We recommend using the lower temperature the first time and then if necessary, for
example, if a deeper browning is required, or baking time is too long, selecting a high-
er temperature.
• If you cannot find the settings for a particular recipe, look for the one that is most
similar.
• If baking cakes on baking trays or in tins on more than one level, baking time can be
extended by 10-15 minutes.
• Moist recipes (for example, pizzas, fruit flans, etc.) are baked on one level.
• Cakes and pastries at different heights may brown at an uneven rate at first. If this oc-
curs, please do not change the temperature setting. Different rates of browning
even out as baking progresses.
• Your new oven may bake or roast differently to your previous appliance. So adapt
your normal settings (temperature, cooking times) and oven shelf levels to the recom-
mendations in the following tables.
2 With longer baking times, you can switch the oven off about 10 minutes before the end
of the baking time, in order to utilise the residual heat.
Unless otherwise stated, the values given in the tables assume that cooking is started
with the oven cold.
Baking table
Type of
baking
Ovenfunction
Shelf
position
Temperature
°C
Time
Hours
mins.
Baking in tins
Ring cake or brioche Fan-assisted
circulation
1 150-160 0:50-1:10
Madeira cake/Fruitcakes Fan-assisted
circulation
1 140-160 1:10-1:30
Sponge cake Fan-assisted
circulation
1 140 0:25-0:40
Sponge cake Conventional 1 160 0:25-0:40
Flan base - short pastry Conventional 3 180-200 0:10-0:25
Flan base - sponge mixture Fan-assisted
circulation
3 150-170 0:20-0:25
Apple pie Conventional 1 170-190 0:50-1:00
Apple pie (2tins Ø20cm,
diagonally off set)
Fan-assisted
circulation
1 160 1:10-1:30