Baking with an electric oven?

neilmcl

Agree with the comments above, as well as getting hold of an oven thermometer - https://www.amazon.co.uk/KitchenCraft-Stainless-Steel-Oven-Thermometer/dp/B0001IWVD0/ref=sr_1_5

dionysoss

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

What oven is it , have you put it on a grill setting?

I was very careful with the oven symbol, I used the conventional heating symbol, the one with the two lines

dionysoss

It was on the conventional heating symbol, the square with two lines.

grumbler

two lines are heating elements at the top and the bottom
Either find the same regime with the fan on or use fan only.

In the latter case you can switch to the conventional regime at the end for browning. Some ovens can be programmed to do this automatically.

neilmcl

dionysoss wrote: »

It was on the conventional heating symbol, the square with two lines.

What make /model of oven is it?

dionysoss

Neil_Jones wrote: »

When it's black its done

If stuff is cooking too fast it may imply that the temperature calibration is out and the oven is obviously too hot.

If you're used to gas oven cooking then electric ovens apparently dry the heat, an effect you don't get in gas ovens (it says here), which are slightly more humid. However apparently given a choice electrical ovens are the preferred choice of many a professional baker.

Easiest solution initially is turn it down a bit and see how you go. Of course if you see Bake Off and things like that it's all too common apparently to "cook" the outside and have an uncooked middle/soggy bottom even for people who think they're good enough to win the Bake Off.

Oh I see! Thanks for the clarification! Ngl, the reason I even started that banana bread was because I was soo hungry after a binge watch of Bake Off:rotfl::rotfl:

dionysoss

I took some photos of my oven but unfortunately I can't post the link since I am a new member

These are the symbols that I have:
- Light
- Upper and Lower heat
- Lower heat
- Part grill

neilmcl

dionysoss wrote: »

I took some photos of my oven but unfortunately I can't post the link since I am a new member

These are the symbols that I have:
- Light
- Upper and Lower heat
- Lower heat
- Part grill

Just post the link without the https at the beginning.

dionysoss

It is an Indesit FI 53 K.A IX BK UK

dionysoss

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