Baking cakes and stuff!

Narj

Narj

Narj

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Hi all,

So I've ordered a load of gear for baking as I've always fancied making the sort of delish stuff that my mum used to make.

Are there any gotchas for doing this in an electric fan-assisted oven?

I've got a silicone cake tin thingy, various other cake tins, greaseproof paper type stuff, loaf tins, rolling pins, cutters, scales, icing kit, electric whisk and a load of other stuff (flour, unsalted butter, dark choc, caster sugar, icing sugar and all the other stuff that seems to be a requirement). I'm going to try out some of the stuff on the BBC Good Food site this weekend. :D

Any advice would be much appreciated!
 
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QuickLink said:
Not really, just try to be accurate with the measurements as baking stuff doesn't tend to react as well to just dumping in roughly the right amount.

Otherwise, just give it a shot. Avoid underdone cake, check the middle of the cake before you take it out the oven with a cake tester or knife. Stick it in, if it comes out clean you're looking good. Also if you very lightly press the middle of your cake and it doesn't bounce back, it's not done yet.
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Brilliant, thanks. :D I bought scales so I think I'l be OK with measurements.

Is it worth loosely covering the top of the cake tins with foil to avoid the edges burning or is it usually OK?

Great tips, much appreciated :)
 
QuickLink said:
It's usually OK. Shouldn't burn, if it does the oven is probably too high.

We normally grease the tins, then line with baking paper. But you said you have silicon ones? So you wouldn't need to do any of that.

I say we, I am a mere tag along when it comes to cakes. Mrs does it for a living!
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Great - will bear that in mind.

I bought both types of tin in a bit of a shopping frenzy so I'll see how I get on. ;)

I can imagine you have to give most of the stuff away if you're baking a lot, otherwise the old waistline could expand rapidly! :D Fortunately I have lots of sweet toothed friends. :)
 
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