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Can you cook cakes in an electric oven? Or is gas MUCH better?

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 06/12/2006 21:27

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Need advice.... cheers

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Bellie · 06/12/2006 21:29

i've always managed in both with no problems. Not sure if there is a difference to be honest.

sallystrawberry · 06/12/2006 21:30

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chocolatequeen · 06/12/2006 21:36

If you´re going to have a choice, I would say choose gas, but I´ve got a leccy one which is fine once you get used to its little foibles....

If you´re using electric, the best thing to do is to buy an oven thermometer to make sure you´re at the right temp. Mine seems to get over hot, so always have to knock about 20-30 degrees off the time suggested in the recipe, or the sodding things burn on the top.

NannyL · 06/12/2006 21:45

personally i prefer a gas hob and electric oven!

al the elec ovens i use make fab cakes!

CountTo10LordsaLeaping · 06/12/2006 21:46

I've used both and prefer gas but once you get used to electric, temps and positioning etc, it doesn't make a huge amount of difference.

MaryBS · 06/12/2006 22:35

I prefer gas for making a moister cake - HOWEVER if you put a bowl/pan of hot water at the bottom of the electric oven whilst the cake is cooking, it makes for a moister cake as well!

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 06/12/2006 22:39

Thanks very much for all responses

I am wildly entertaining the possibility of getting a new one installed by Christmas, paying for it in installments - electric would be cheaper because apparently we wouldn't have to pay a qualified fitter to instal it for us...and personally after having been subjected to carbon monoxide poisoning while pregnant by a dodgy lying landlord in the past, I am attracted to the clean/safe image of the electric one. But people keep telling me that I can't cook decent cakes in an electric one, which would be a bit of a downer as I am a sugarcraft fiend

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MaryBS · 07/12/2006 08:29

You can cook decent cakes in an electric oven, provided you buy a decent oven. Its worth seeking advice.

ThrockenAroundTheChristmasTree · 07/12/2006 08:36

MIL cooks fantastic cakes and has never had a gas oven. She used to make cakes professionally too.

sunnywong · 07/12/2006 08:38

IME the best thing is to know thine oven.
If it has hot or cold spots, what its recovery time is and what its average temperature range really is

NotQuiteCockney · 07/12/2006 08:45

I'm very happy with my new electric fan oven. The fan bit makes a real difference, ime.

satine · 07/12/2006 09:03

Apparently, although I'm not exactly sure where this is from, most professional chefs like electric ovens and gas hobs. But, as I said, I might have dreamt that.

ParanoidSurreyHousewife · 07/12/2006 09:07

Presumably most people have one or the other? I'm now imagining all these women with huge kitchens, debating whether to cook in the gas, the electric or the aga...

LadyOfThePoinsettias · 07/12/2006 09:09

i have an eletric fan oven with a gas hob. i find it fine for baking. i love the combination i have.

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