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SUGGESTED
TEMPERATURES
FOR THERMOFAN AND
CONVENTIONAL OVENS
THERMOFAN OVEN
TEMP ºC MINUTE TEMP ºC MINUTE
SPONGE CAKE
Egg and sugar creaming
method
175ºC – 180Cº
20 – 25
190ºC
20 – 25
BUTTER CAKE
Margarine / butter and sugar
creaming method
165ºC
20 – 25
180ºC
20 – 25
LOAF CAKE
Date, Ginger and Banana Loaf
165ºC
45
180ºC
45
PASTRIES
200ºC - 210ºC 20 220ºC 20
SCONES
200ºC - 210ºC 12 – 15 220ºC 12 – 15
PIES AND SAUSAGE ROLLS
200ºC - 210ºC 25 220ºC 25
BISCUITS
Golden brown
Sensitive biscuits
160ºC
150ºC
15 – 20
180ºC
15 – 20
SHORTBREAD
15mm thick
140ºC
60
150ºC
60
MERINGUES
Important: Leave
meringues in oven until cold
‘Sensitive’
120ºC
110ºC
75
90
135ºC
120ºC
75
90
TARTS
Apple, Lemon Meringue, Milk
165ºC
25 – 30
180ºC
25 – 30
CONVENTIONAL
OVEN