Baking A Cake In A Convection Oven??
Decorating By Kate714 Updated 17 Jul 2007 , 11:35pm by majormichel
Sorry, I am clueless as to the difference between different kinds of ovens. I am looking to rent space from a restaurant, but the woman warned me that they only have a convection oven, as if this was a bad thing for baking cakes. From what I understand, a convection oven saves time by baking faster? Is there anything I should be concerned about?? I felt kind of dumb talking to her not knowing what the problem was.
thanks!
-Kate
Not a real problem,you just have to adjust for the faster baking time. Convection works by blowing the air with a fan, so the oven is all the same temperature. Very light things like some cookies, will blow around in the oven-not a good thing. But cakes are generally fine. You will have to adjust time and temp to whatever new oven there is.
I use my oven on convection when I have multiple cakes in there and they usually come out a lot more level than just on regular bake. I was always told to lower the temp by about 25 degrees on convection and it still cooks much faster. I don't think it would be a good oven for cookies though. Good luck!
I worked in a bakery and they had a convention oven. when they bake muffins, the will come out lump sided. The fan in the convention blew the muffin on one side as they baked. I hope this dont happen to your cakes. Turn the fan on low I guess
I have a home style convection oven that I originally bought just for cookies. Convection, I think, is the secret to cookies that are crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.
I also prefer to bake in convection. For a home oven turn down the temp by 25 degrees and count on the cake finishing about 25% faster.
For a commercial convection oven, you'd best read the book that came with it. Those have more powerful fans.
rotate, rotate, rotate. I worked in a restaurant that only had a convection. True turn it down 25 degress keep the fan on low and rotate, rotate, rotate
i think to prevent lump sidedness. It makes sense.
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