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ABOUTCOOKING

COMMON BAKING PROBLEMSAND WHY THEY HAPPEN

PROBLEM POSSIBLECAUSES

Cakes are uneven. • Panstoo close or touchingeach otheror ovenwalls.• Batter unevenin pans.

• Temperaturesettoo low or baking time too short. • Oven not level. • Undermixing.

• Too muchliquid.

Cake high in middle. • Temperatureset too high. • Bakingtime too long. • Overmixing.• Too much flour.

• Panstouchingeach otheror ovenwalls. • Incorrectrack position.

Cake falls. • Too much shorteningor sugar.• Too muchor too little liquid. • Temperatureset too

low.• Old or too little baking powder.* Pantoo small. • Oven door openedfrequently.

• Added incorrecttype of oil to cake mix, • Added additionalingredientsto cake mix or

recipe.

Cakes, cookies, biscuits • Incorrectrack position.• Oven door not closedproperly.• Doorgasketnot sealing

don't brown evenly, properlyor properlyattachedto door.• Incorrectuse ofaluminumfoil.• Oven not

preheated.• Pansdarkened,dentedorwarped.

For optimum results, bakeonone rack.If bakingcakes on two racks, placepans toward

the front of the oven on the upperrack and towardthe back of the ovenon the lower

rack,

Cakes, cookies, biscuits • Oven not preheated.• Panstouching eachother or oven walls. • Incorrectrack

too brown on bottom, position. • Incorrectuse of aluminumfoil. • Placed 2cookie sheets on one rack.• Used

glass, dark, stainedwarped or dull finishmetalpans. (Use a shinycookie sheet.)

Followcookware manufacturer'sinstructionsfor oventemperature.Glasswareand dark

cookwaresuch as Ecko's Baker's Secretmay require loweringthe oventemperatureby

25°F.

Cakes don't brown on • Incorrectrack position.• Temperatureset too low. • Overmixing.• Toomuch liquid.

top. • Pansize toolargeortoolittlebatterin pan.• Oven dooropenedtoooften.

Excessive shrinkage. • Toolittle leavening.• Overmixing.• Pantoo large. • Temperatureset too high.

• Bakingtimetoo long.• Panstooclosetoeachotherorovenwalls.

Uneven texture. • Toomuchliquid.• Undermixing.• Temperaturesettoo low. • Baking timetoo short.

Cakes have tunnels. • Not enoughshodening. • Too much bakingpowder.• Overmixingor at too high a

speed. • Temperatureset too high.

Cake not done in • Temperatureset toohigh. • Pantoo small. • Bakingtime tooshod.

middle.

Ifadditionalingredientswereaddedto mixorrecipe,expectcookingtimeto increase.

Pie crust edges too • Temperatureset too high. • Panstouching eachother or oven walls.• Edges of crust

brown, too thin; shield with foil.

Pies don't brown on • Usedshiny metalpans. • Temperatureset too low.• Incorrectrack position.

bottom. • Somefrozenpiesshouldbe placedona cookiesheet,checkpackagedirections.

I Pies have soaked crust. • Temperaturetoolowatstartof baking.• Fillingtoojuicy.• Usedshinymetalpans.

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