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Questions Doubts and Requests => Questions? Technical Issues? The Survival Guide => Topic started by: I Love Bimby! on June 14, 2009, 02:06:27 pm
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Hi,
Hoping you can help me with my cake dilema. ??? Since moving my cakes always rise high in the center and not evenly. I though ages ago I had read that the oven is too hot. I have fan forced oven so usually cook about 10C less than the recipe asks for anyway. But do you think I can find where I read it?? :-[
I'm sure one of you will have the answer for me... please??? ;) ;D
Thanks!
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Probably the oven is too hot and the sides cook too quickly so that the middle of the mix then expands and breaks thru.
There are other reasons - but that would be the most likely. Try dropping the temp about 10-20 deg next time.
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Hi, I find that when I am baking I DONOT use the fan. Doing this gives a much better result.
Hope this helps,
Trudy
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Don't laugh - this could happen to you :o :o :o
Thought I'd try the orange muffins posted by trudy but also had read her solution for cakes rising too much in the middle (see above). Thought I would try it without the fan so turned the oven on, proceeded to mix and prepare muffins for the oven. Put them in the oven - what, it's stone cold!!! Just found out my oven doesn't work if the fan function isn't turned on ;D ;D ;D ;D
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neither does mine judy lol
ILB i'm sure i've read that a very damp (but not dripping) towel / tea towel wrapped around the outside of your tin helps. but i tried to find the source and couldn't.
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Probably the oven is too hot and the sides cook too quickly so that the middle of the mix then expands and breaks thru.
There are other reasons - but that would be the most likely. Try dropping the temp about 10-20 deg next time.
Thanks Thermomixer. That sounds like it. Will try reducing it the oven further next time ;) ;D
Hi, I find that when I am baking I DONOT use the fan. Doing this gives a much better result.
Hope this helps,
Trudy
Thanks Trudy - unfortunatly the when the oven is on so is the fan - there's no way to operate them seperatly. It's just a stock standard cheap oven. Thankfully only renting. But when I get my own place....
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neither does mine judy lol
ILB i'm sure i've read that a very damp (but not dripping) towel / tea towel wrapped around the outside of your tin helps. but i tried to find the source and couldn't.
Thanks Karen. You have told me that before - I totally forgot about that. Thanks. Hopefully I'll remember next time ;) ;D
There's no hope for me in old age :D :D