katwhenAug 19, 2023
1) Adventures in baking: Decided a couple of weekends ago to take the plunge and try baking in the new oven. So I picked a new recipe to try in the new oven, with a friend coming over to eat the results. No pressure, then.
First, pick an oven setting: Conventional, fan, steambake, top and bottom heat, bottom heat? Opted for fan, because 🤷.
Second, discovered none of my baking tins are the right size. Opted for too big over too small, because 🤷.
#Baking #NewCooker
Show threadIain Coleman
@katwhen Our oven has a similar selection of settings. I have no idea under what circumstances I would select anything other than "fan".
Aug 19, 2023 at 4:55pmTusky
Show threadkatwhenAug 19, 2023

@Iain_Coleman Ha! I've selected "conventional" on a couple of occasions when the recipe hasn't stated a fan oven setting, and I can't be bothered to faff around working out whether 10 or 20 degrees lower would be best. But that's it.

Visiting friend said her fan oven tended to dry out cakes more, but not all ovens are the same.

Show threadIain ColemanAug 19, 2023
@katwhen The grill has a similarly baffling set of options. I just want an on switch and a temperature dial...