OVEN - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPSWARNING!Refer to "Safety information"chapter.The temperature and bakingtimes in the tables are guidelinesonly. They depend on the recipes,quality and quantity of the ingre-dients used.CAUTION!Use a deep baking tray for verymoist cakes. Fruit juices can causepermanent stains on the enamel.BAKINGGeneral instructions• Your new oven may bake or roast differ-ently to the appliance you had before.Adapt your usual settings (temperature,cooking times) and shelf levels to thevalues in the tables.• With longer baking times, the oven canbe switched off about 10 minutes be-fore the end of baking time, to use theresidual heat.When you use frozen food, the trays inthe oven can twist during baking. Whenthe trays get cold again, the distortionwill 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 spe-cial recipe, look for the one that is al-most the same.• Baking time can be extended by 10-15minutes, if you bake cakes on morethan one level.• Cakes and pastries at different heightsdo not always brown equally at first. Ifthis occurs, do not change the temper-ature setting. The differences equalizeduring the baking procedure.TIPS ON BAKINGBaking results Possible cause RemedyThe cake is not brownedenough underneath. Wrong shelf position. Place the cake lower.The cake sinks (becomessoggy, lumpy, streaky).The oven temperature istoo high.The next time you bakeset a slightly lower oventemperature.The cake sinks (becomessoggy, lumpy, streaky).The baking time is tooshort.Set a longer baking time.Baking times cannot bereduced by setting high-er temperatures.The cake sinks (becomessoggy, lumpy, streaky).There is too much liquidin the mixture.Use less liquid. Pay atten-tion to mixing times, es-pecially if you use a mix-ing machine.The cake is too dry. The oven temperature istoo low.The next time you bakeset a higher oven temper-ature.The cake is too dry. The baking time is toolong.The next time you bakeset a shorter baking time.The cake browns uneven-ly.The oven temperature istoo high and the bakingtime is too short.Set a lower oven temper-ature and a longer bakingtime.16 www.aeg.com