Hints on baking
– Top heat
C
is ideal if you want to
brown a topping or a soufflé, make
"au gratin" dishes or meringues.
– When baking cakes with a deep
fresh fruit filling, e.g. plum or dam-
son, place the tin in the grill pan /
oven tray. This will avoid juices from
spilling over and will make it easier to
clean the oven.
Splashes of fruit juice can leave
marks which cannot be
removed afterwards.
– Use dark coloured tins for baking.
These conduct the heat more swiftly
to the mixture. Uncoloured tins reflect
the heat away, so cakes take longer
to cook and do not brown evenly.
– Bread dough can be put in the oven
to rise.
Turn the programme selector to Fan
heat
D
and reduce the pre-set tem-
perature to 30 °C. Cover the con-
tainer.
Energy saving tips
– When using Top and Bottom heat
A
only pre-heat the oven if the baking
time is less than 30 minutes or for
mixes which require a pre-heated
oven, e.g. biscuits.
– When using Fan heat
D
, take the op-
portunity to bake on several levels at
the same time.
– Switch the oven off approx. 5 min-
utes before the end of cooking time,
and leave the cake or biscuits in the
oven for a further 5-10 minutes with
the door closed to take advantage of
the residual heat.
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