Baking table for basic doughs/cake mixtures
The information in the table is a guideline and applies to both
aluminium baking trays and dark-coloured baking tins. The
values may vary depending on the type and amount of dough/
mixture and on the baking tin.
The values for bread dough apply to both dough placed on a
tray and dough placed in a loaf tin.
Basic dough
Rich sponge mixture
Tray bakes with topping
Springform cake tin/loaf tin
Shortcrust pastry
Tray bake with dry topping, e.g. crumble
Tray bake with moist topping, e.g. egg custard
Springform cake tin, e.g. sponge base cheesecake
Flan tin
Sponge mixture
Swiss roll
Sponge (6 eggs)
Sponge (3 eggs)
Yeast dough
Tray bake with dry topping, e.g. crumble
Savarin/plaited loaf (500 g)
Springform cake tin
Ring cake tin
* Preheat oven
Small baked items
Yeast dough
Meringue mixture
Puff pastry/choux pastry
Sponge mixture, e.g. muffins
Shortcrust pastry, e.g. butter biscuits
* Preheat oven
Bread/bread rolls
Bread rolls
Flatbread
* Preheat oven
We recommend that you set the lower of the specified
temperatures the first time. This will generally allow more even
browning.
If you are baking with your own recipe, use similar recipes in
the table as a guide.
Observe the notes in the table about preheating.
3 Hot air
Shelf
Tempera-
height
ture in °C
1
150 - 160
1 + 3
150 - 160
1
150 - 160
1
160 - 170
1 + 3
160 - 170
1
160 - 170
1
160 - 180
1
160 - 170*
1
180 - 190*
1
150 - 160
1
150 - 160*
1
160 - 180
1 + 3
170 - 180
1
160 - 170
1
160 - 170
1
160 - 170
3 Hot air
Shelf
Tempera-
height
ture in °C
1
160 170
1 + 3
160 170
1
80
1 + 3
80
1
190 210*
1 + 3
190 210*
1
150 160*
1 + 3
150 160*
1
140 150*
1 + 3
130 140*
3 Hot air
Shelf
Tempera-
height
ture in °C
1
220*
1
220*
% Top/bottom heat
Baking time in
Shelf
minutes
height
30 - 40
1
30 - 40
-
55 - 70
2
45 - 55
1
60 - 70
-
70 - 80
1
50 - 90
2
25 - 35
2
10 - 15
1
25 - 40
2
20 - 30
2
45 - 55
1
50 - 60
-
35 - 45
1
30 - 40
2
35 - 45
2
% Top/bottom heat
Baking time in
Shelf
minutes
height
15 25
2
20 30
-
130 - 150
2
150 - 170
-
20 30
1
25 35
-
25 35
1
30 40
-
15 - 20
2
20 25
-
% Top/bottom heat
Baking time in
Shelf
minutes
height
15 - 25
1
15 - 25
1
Tempera-
ture in °C
180 - 190
-
160 - 170
190 - 200
-
190 - 200
170 - 180
170 - 180*
200 - 210*
160 - 170
160 - 170*
180 - 200
-
180 - 190
160 - 170
170 - 180
Tempera-
ture in °C
180 190
-
80
-
200 220*
-
170 180*
-
150 160*
-
Tempera-
ture in °C
240*
240*
45