PG 9
OVEN SHELF LOCATION
Oven cooking guide
(5 shelf positions side racks)
The following is intended as a guide only. It is often required to set oven 10-20 degrees above or below this guide
to get the result you want. Also adjustments are needed for the cooking time to suit personal desired results. Also
you should follow the recipe guide when setting temperature and times. For best results when baking, preheat
your oven for 15-20 minutes.
Shelf position is counted from the bottom shelf position up. Bottom shelf position is 1.
Food
Conventional Oven Fan forced oven
Time in
minutes
Temperature
Oven shelf
position
Temperature
Oven shelf
position
Plain or fruitscones 220 2 (3) 210 Any 10-15
Rolled biscuits 170 (180) 2 150 (170) Any 10-15
Spooned biscuits 190 2 180 Any 12-15
Short bread biscuits 160 1 (2) 150 Any 30-35
Hard individual meringues 110 2 100 Any 90
Soft individual meringues 180 2 165 Any 15-20
Pavlova 110 (120) 1 100 Any 75
Patty cakes 190 2 180 Any 15-20
Sponge 180 2 170 Any 20-30
Plain butter cake 180 2 170 Any 25-40
Rich fruit cake 140 (150) 2 130 Any 180
Short crust cornish pastry 180-200 2 160 (180) Any
40-45
(10-35)
Short crust custard tart 180-220 1 (3) 170 - 200 Any
20-30
(10/25)
Cream pus 210 2 200 Any 25-30
Yeast bread 210 1 200 Any 25-30
Pizza 200 2 220 Any 15-25