Baking results Possible cause Remedy
The cake is not ready in the
baking time specified in a rec‐
ipe.
The oven temperature is too low. Next time set a slightly higher oven tem‐
perature.
11.4 Baking on one level
BAKING IN TINS
(°C) (min)
Ring cake / Brioche True Fan Cooking 150 - 160 50 - 70 1
Madeira cake / Fruit
cakes
True Fan Cooking 140 - 160 70 - 90 1
Flan base - short pastry,
preheat the empty oven
True Fan Cooking 170 - 180 10 - 25 2
Flan base - sponge cake
mixture
True Fan Cooking 150 - 170 20 - 25 2
Cheesecake Conventional Cooking 170 - 190 60 - 90 1
CAKES / PASTRIES / BREADS ON BAKING TRAYS
Preheat the empty oven unless specified otherwise.
(°C) (min)
Plaited bread / Bread
crown, preheating is not
needed
Conventional Cook‐
ing
170 - 190 30 - 40 3
Christstollen Conventional Cook‐
ing
160 - 180 50 - 70 2
Rye bread: Conventional Cook‐
ing
first: 230 20 1
then: 160 - 180 30 - 60
Cream puffs / Eclairs Conventional Cook‐
ing
190 - 210 20 - 35 3
Swiss roll, Conventional Cook‐
ing
180 - 200 10 - 20 3
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