Cake recipe meant for an aga - temp/time in normal oven?

[cyanarasamba]

I've found a lovely-sounding recipe for Apricot & White Wine cake. The cooking instructions given are as follows.

AGA - 2 OVEN : Bake on bottom shelf of roasting oven (with cold shelf over) about 45 mins.

AGA - 4 OVEN: Bake on lowest shelf of baking oven about 40 minutes.

Can anyone translate this into regular electric oven lingo? Thanks!

Bumping and itching to get started having bought all ingredients!

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I would guess that you need to bake for a longish time in a medium hot oven, like 180C. I'd try about an hour in a medium hot oven and tap it/feel it to see if it's done from 50 mins on. The roasting oven is dead hot but with a cold shelf it will come down to just very hot, maybe 200C? Or you could bake at 200ish for 40 minutes and then lower the temp for less time than the recipe says (because it will take quite a while for the temp to drop). If you can post the recipe, I might be able to help a bit more. Is this a recipe for a four oven Aga? I'm not as good with those as the two oven ones and am not sure what temp the baking oven would be.

www.realcakes.co.uk/AgaAWWC.htm

Link to recipe - thanks Horton.

OK, I'd do what I said above, more or less. Bake in 220C oven for 40 minutes and then lower temp to 180 or so and bake for about another 20 minutes max. Test your cake after 50 minutes - if you tap it and it seems firm and hollowish, it's done. If it's still soft and spongy, leave it in for another ten minutes or so. Test again and repeat until done. You can also try putting a skewer into the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done. Having said that, it sounds like the sort of recipe that would be nice a bit squidgy so don't overcook it. It does sound gorgeous. Please report back!

DISCLAIMER: I think I am right but I might be talking crap. Please don't blame me if I am!

Hi Horton I put it in at 190 then checked after 35 mins - it was brownish and very risen/cracked and a skewer came out very clean so I've deemed it done! Not eating it till tomorrow night so we shall see.

I'd be more inclined to blame the recipe than your good self for any shortcomings, doesn't have the reassuring feel of a tried and tested Delia for example!

Sounds done to me. Hope it's tasty! Maybe it's the recipe that's at fault. I would imagine that 45 mins in a roasting oven MUST be more than 35 mins in a normal oven. But glad it worked out in the end!

Bit worried it maybe overcooked. Fingers crossed for tomorrow!