TEBA COOKER BURNS THE UNDERSIDE OF CAKES AND BUNS. ?

I also had the problem of cake recipes which I had used very reliably for years in other ovens ( including those with a fan) ending up ruined. A friend suggested I put my sponge cakes into the oven BEFORE SWITCHING ON THE HEAT! I too found this beyond belief BUT it works! It does however take longer to cook. The main problem is that I cannot cook a succession of cakes as the cooker needs to cool between batches. As others have found, pastry and other types of cooking seem to be fine in a Teba oven. I am now going to eat a piece of freshly baked banana cake which has risen perfectly by starting the cooking from cold!

Anne Bainbridge
May 2012

I rent a house with a Teba too. It's so old that the hob location graphics have worn off the top.

I too found that it burnt the bottom of buns but with the oven being fan assisted I just reduced the temp and made sure I was using silicon sheets and trays as they don't hold the heat like a metal one and therefore the bases of cakes and buns do not burn.

Hope that helps.

Georgina
September 2009

Single oven Teba cookers are supposed to have a metal plate about 7cms deep which fits below the controls to protects them from grill heat, and it stops the door closing when the grill is on.

davidh
July 2009