Any Home Bakers Here?

[ronott1]

I'm cooking at that but the outside is burning before the inside is cooked, I think it needs to be lower in the oven, or on an ven lower temp, but I can never work that out.
My mother can, but then she learnt to cook on a wood fire oven.

The temperature in your oven may be off. Get an oven thermometer so that you can adjust for the temperature difference.

Like one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=oven+thermometer

 

[Zeil]

The temperature in your oven may be off. Get an oven thermometer so that you can adjust for the temperature difference.

Like one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=oven+thermometer

I have one, however I also have a gas stove so it is somewhat prone to temperature fluctuations, meaning that my reading with the thermometer at the start of cooking isn't usually what I get at the end.

 

[Zeil]

Wow, hat's off to your mother being able to cook on a wood fire oven! I always thought it was a bit of a miracle that people could bake that way...temperature regulation has to be very tricky.

My mother can place her hand on a hot surface (not burning obviously) and tell you what temp it is with only about a 5 degree margin of error. It's a bit humbling as I'm fighting to keep a saucepan simmering without boiling.

 

[ronott1]

I have one, however I also have a gas stove so it is somewhat prone to temperature fluctuations, meaning that my reading with the thermometer at the start of cooking isn't usually what I get at the end.

Gas ovens should regulate--there is likely something wrong with the oven.

I replaced my oven several years ago with a gas\convection oven. It works very well and keeps a good temperature.

Older ovens can also have problems with insulation settling unevenly causing hot spots. Do things cook too much at certain spots? I have had to turn the cookie sheet around in an oven in a house from years ago.

It is always something isn't it!

I hope you can figure out a way to get the temperature to stay constant for you.

 

[Zeil]

Gas ovens should regulate--there is likely something wrong with the oven. 

I replaced my oven several years ago with a gas\convection oven. It works very well and keeps a good temperature.

Older ovens can also have problems with insulation settling unevenly causing hot spots. Do things cook too much at certain spots? I have had to turn the cookie sheet around in an oven in a house from years ago.

It is always something isn't it!

I hope you can figure out a way to get the temperature to stay constant for you.

It does to a degree, according to the guy who looked at it the built in gauge was put in an inopportune spot in the lower part of the oven, his solution was to only cook in the lower part of the oven.

 

[sunflour]

@Zeil , I have never used a gas oven, but since the outside is burning with inside not done, have you tried a tube pan and cover with tinfoil when the top starts to brown?

@NorthFLChick I love Pumpkin bread too

 

[N F C]

@Zeil , I have never used a gas oven, but since the outside is burning with inside not done, have you tried a tube pan and cover with tinfoil when the top starts to brown?

@NorthFLChick I love Pumpkin bread too

I think I posted my favorite pumpkin bread recipe here a while back. It makes 2 big loaves, easy to make and can be frozen if it lasts that long.

There it is, post #298. Wow, we've come a way since then. I've really enjoyed this thread, thanks everyone for participating!

 

[Zeil]

I think I posted my favorite pumpkin bread recipe here a while back. It makes 2 big loaves, easy to make and can be frozen if it lasts that long.

There it is, post #298. Wow, we've come a way since then. I've really enjoyed this thread, thanks everyone for participating!

I had an encounter with some really odious pumpkin bread many years ago, I still can't bring myself to attempt cooking the stuff.

 

[N F C]

I had an encounter with some really odious pumpkin bread many years ago, I still can't bring myself to attempt cooking the stuff.

That's too bad.

 

[cheepteach]

I would love to be making some pumpkin bread, but the zucchini motherload season is here, so it's zucchini bread today. Any really new ideas for this vegetable?