Gas cooker burning bottom of cakes

fizzel81

im not sure what or where with this
using the same measurements i used before i moved only difference is im cooking in a gas cooker, the bottom of the cakes are almost black whereas the top is as normal?

im using a slicone 'tin'

the cakes not overcooked as ive been checking it etc so im stumped as to why

whatatwit

Fizzel, I find this often happens to me. I now try and stand the tin on a tray and lower the temp a bit and have the fan on.
Don't tell Twink, but some of her biscuits have ended up with a brown bottom. :eek:

Gingernutmeg

Gas cookers do tend to be a bit more 'hot-spotty' than electric or fan ovens, I've found. It could be that the heat isn't circulating in this oven in the same way as your old one, and so the bottom of your cake is getting cooked too quickly. I'd try first baking the cake in the sillicone tin on a baking tray and seeing if that helps, or maybe try adjusting the temperature slightly so that you're cooking lower for longer. It'll just be a case of trial and error for a while while you figure out where's hot and where's not - what I do when I move is bake a batch of buns on the middle shelf. If you don't turn them it's a brilliant way of finding out which bit of the oven is hotter.

fizzel81

thank you, never occured to me it could be because my old oven was a fan assisted elec and this is a gas no fan

will try a lower temp and moving shelf around, its only a small one shelf oven (not my personal choice of cooking method or size but its with the house)

i need to get a basic cake right as im going to attempt making a panda cake 1st august for sons 3rd birthday wouldnt want to waste a huge cake or rush out and buy one as i cannot get it right