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24 25USING YOUR OVENUSING YOUR OVEN
Get to know your new oven with this ‘Simple Test Cake’
Although we strive for a perfect performing oven, it’s
possible that there will be some variation in colour
when baking. Therefore, we suggest this simple, easy
and delicious to make Simple Test Cake, it can help you
understand your new oven. All ovens do sometimes have
hot or cold spots, therefore it is important to judge with
your eye as you may require to rotate during baking.
‘Simple Test Cake’
125g butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla essence
4 large eggs
2 cups self-raising flour
pinch of salt
4 tablespoons (80ml) full-cream milk
Method:
1. Butter base and sides of two 20cm straight-sided
round or square cake pans. Then line the base with
grease proof or baking paper.
2. Preheat oven to moderate ‘180ºC’ (170ºC fan forced)
and ensure oven shelf is in the centre position of
oven.
3. Cream softened butter and sugar until light in colour.
4. Add vanilla essence.
5. Then eggs one at a time, beating well after each
addition.
6. Sift flour and salt into the mixture and beat until
well combined.
7. Add milk and beat or stir to combine.
8. Spoon mixture equally between prepared cake pans.
9. Bake in preheated oven, middle shelf for about 25
to 35 minutes or until when tested with a fine cake
skewer it comes out clean, or the edges of the cakes
have come away slightly from the sides of the cake
pans.
10. Remove from oven to wire cake rack and rest for 5
minutes before removing from cake pans.
Cool completely.
To Serve: sandwich together with your favourite jam or
conserve, and dust top with pure icing sugar.
NOTE: If desired substitute butter for either margarine
or olive oil spread. Recipe is based on the Australian
standard metric 250ml cup and 20ml tablespoon sets.
• For best baking results preheat oven for 30 minutes.
• Select the correct shelf location for food being
cooked.
• The grill tray can be used in the oven as a baking
dish, except in oven shelf location 1.
• Make sure dishes will fit into the oven before you
switch it on.
• Keep edges of baking dishes at least 40mm from
the side of the oven. This allows free circulation of
heat and ensures even cooking.
• Do not open the oven door more than necessary.
• Do not place foods with a lot of liquid into the oven
with other foods. This will cause food to steam and
not brown.
• After the oven is turned off it retains the heat for
some time. Use this heat to finish custards or to dry
bread.
• Do not use a lot of cooking oil when roasting. This
will prevent splattering oil on the sides of the oven
and the oven door. Polyunsaturated fats can leave
residue which is very difficult to remove.
• When cooking things which require a high heat from
below (e.g. tarts), place the cooking dish on a scone
tray in the desired shelf position.
• For sponges and cakes use aluminium, bright
finished or non-stick utensils.
• Remove unnecessary trays or dishes when roasting
or baking.
Oven shelf location
Your oven has seven positions for shelves.
These are numbered from 1 (the lowest shelf position)
to 7 (the highest shelf position). See diagram.
To give maximum space above and below the shelves,
load them in this way:
• When cooking with 1 shelf, use position 3 or 4.
• When cooking with 2 shelves, use position 3 and 5.
Use the oven efficiently, by cooking many trays of food
at the same time. For example:
• Cook 2 trays of scones, small cakes or sausage rolls.
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COOKING GUIDE
shelf positions
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