To bake a pie or cake in the oven, you need to follow the recipe and control the time and temperature. But faced with the capriciousness of gas ovens, many housewives lose interest in baking after several annoying failures.
Instructions
Step 1
In fact, it is quite possible to bake beautiful pies in a gas oven. Housewives accustomed to electric stoves complain that gas baked goods burn from below and are not baked from above. The reason for this lies in the principle of the gas oven: the heat source in it is located only at the bottom, unlike an electric oven, in which heating elements are installed around the perimeter. But with a few tricks, you can even bake great cakes in the gas oven.
Step 2
Do not use the thick-walled baking sheet that came with the stove. It is not intended for baking, but for collecting fat from meat on the wire shelf. By trying to bake a cake on it, you block the flow of warm air circulating through the oven, and the baked goods will burn at the bottom and remain soggy on top.
Step 3
Preheat the oven well before placing the dough pan into it. It is recommended to turn on the gas at maximum heat for 10-15 minutes, then reduce the flame to medium or low (depending on the recipe) and put the pie.
Step 4
You can try placing a container of water on the bottom of the oven, which compensates for the excess temperature in the lower part. For old slabs, experienced housewives advise putting a couple of refractory bricks in the oven. Ironically, the bricks make the heat distribution in the oven more even. If you are reluctant to go after bricks, you can instead fill the baking tray described above with coarse salt and set it down.
Step 5
The location of the cake pan plays an important role. Unfortunately, there is no exact recipe here, in each case you need to experiment and try to bake not in the middle of the oven, but, for example, in the upper one. The only thing that remains unchanged is that the baking dish should be positioned so that air circulation is ensured.
Step 6
If you have tried everything but the baking fails, it makes sense to bring in a gas stove repair technician. Sometimes uneven baking is caused by improper installation of the stove or internal defects.
Step 7
Use a silicone baking mat, it won't solve all problems with a gas oven, but it will make life easier by protecting your baked goods from burning. To get a crust, try to cook the cake over low heat, then increase the temperature for 5 minutes, then turn off the gas.
