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Cake Baking Crisis...

  • 17-02-2011 3:02pm
    #1
    BengaLover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭


    Hi there and my question today is:
    Why do my cakes always burn just around the edges...
    I dont use cheapo cookware, always grease the tin, and my cakes come out gorgeous except for the burnt edges!
    I use the fan setting on the oven.


Comments

  • #2
    olaola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,140 ✭✭✭olaola


    I mentioned it in the other oven thread - tinfoil protectors. Some ovens just aren't great.


  • #3
    BengaLover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭BengaLover


    Ah ok, thanks. Tin foil as in lining the tin? Will go see if i can find the thread.


  • #4
    captain P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭captain P


    BengaLover wrote: »
    Ah ok, thanks. Tin foil as in lining the tin? Will go see if i can find the thread.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056182883


  • #5
    BengaLover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭BengaLover


    Got it, cheers..


  • #6
    PaddyJules
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭PaddyJules


    When I am baking cakes in my fan oven I wrap 4-5 sheets of newspaper around the outside of the cake tin and secure with selotape or string. This prevents the outside of the cake cooking too quickly. Just increase the cooking time slightly so that it cooks through. It guaranteed to prevent crusty cakes.


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  • #7
    clouds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭clouds


    I would have thought newspaper would burn


  • #8
    PaddyJules
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭PaddyJules


    No it doesnt burn. I would usually bake a cake at 140 degrees in my fan oven which would be 160 degrees in a normal oven. Paper doesnt burn at all but make sure you use about 5 sheets. Probably not a great idea to use this method in a gas oven !!!!


  • #9
    clouds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭clouds


    I will give it a go next time


  • #10
    mw3guc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭mw3guc


    PaddyJules wrote: »
    When I am baking cakes in my fan oven I wrap 4-5 sheets of newspaper around the outside of the cake tin and secure with selotape or string. This prevents the outside of the cake cooking too quickly. Just increase the cooking time slightly so that it cooks through. It guaranteed to prevent crusty cakes.

    I've always used newspaper layers around my tins too - even in a gas oven - especially useful for rich fruit cakes. If you're worried about burning you could dampen the sheets a bit but it's never happened to mine. I use a paper clip to keep the layers closed.


  • #11
    tscul32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭tscul32


    if you have a multifunction oven with a conventional oven setting then just use that instead of the fan setting. Fan is good for breads but conventional is better for cakes.


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