[Bedsit Bob]

Simple question.

Can you cook a cake in a halogen oven?

[molliepops]

Not sucessfully, I have never managed and my sponges are usually lovely if I do say so myself.

[noise747]

i done a sponge in a halogen oven, mind you it was a crisp and bake oven halogen oven. i also done cheese scones in it as well.

Both came out ok, i have not baked a cake in there yet,.

[neo_wales]

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Originally Posted by Bedsit Bob

Simple question.

Can you cook a cake in a halogen oven?

They are not a great device, cheap enough to buy but not as good as a conventional oven IMHO.

[noise747]

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Originally Posted by neo_wales

They are not a great device, cheap enough to buy but not as good as a conventional oven IMHO.

Maybe you don't know how to use them. for one or two people they are great devices, no point in warming up a large oven that takes loads of energy when a small halogen oven will do the job.

Granted a bog standard Halogen oven is not best at cooking cakes, mainly because the heat is uncovered directly above and there are no seals as such.

but if you use a extension ring and then put some foil on top of the cake part way though cooking to stop the top burning it is doable.

The crisp and bake is a different machine, the halogen light is more or less covered, so no direct heat from light. it also got a rubber seal, which helps to keep the heat in. As i said i cooked sponges in it and worked first time. but then I also cooked sponges in a microwave, which works ok, but they don't brown.

but then i know what I am doing

[neo_wales]

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Originally Posted by noise747

Maybe you don't know how to use them. for one or two people they are great devices, no point in warming up a large oven that takes loads of energy when a small halogen oven will do the job.

Granted a bog standard Halogen oven is not best at cooking cakes, mainly because the heat is uncovered directly above and there are no seals as such.

but if you use a extension ring and then put some foil on top of the cake part way though cooking to stop the top burning it is doable.

The crisp and bake is a different machine, the halogen light is more or less covered, so no direct heat from light. it also got a rubber seal, which helps to keep the heat in. As i said i cooked sponges in it and worked first time. but then I also cooked sponges in a microwave, which works ok, but they don't brown.

but then i know what I am doing

I know how to use them, remember I'm a superb cook. These little ovens are OK for a single person who's not cooking more than very basic food.

I kitted my two children out with them when they left home for university, both are also very good cooks and neither of them bought the ovens home. I much prefer my gas ovens or the Aga. Although if I buy another campervan I might get a Halogen oven so I can cook outside and not have food smells lingering about.

[noise747]

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Originally Posted by neo_wales

I know how to use them, remember I'm a superb cook. These little ovens are OK for a single person who's not cooking more than very basic food.

They are not really made for a family, saying that a friend of mine uses hers for her and her daughter and she uses it on a Sunday when I go up there for dinner.

Cheaper to use one of them to cook a chicken if it will fit than to stick it in your big oven.

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I kitted my two children out with them when they left home for university, both are also very good cooks and neither of them bought the ovens home. I much prefer my gas ovens or the Aga.

I have not used my gas oven for months, i do test it now and again to make sure it still works.

i must admit I have not done much baking for a while, apart from a couple of sponges and scones and they was fine in the Halogen, better than a normal oven as it is easy to see what is happening with out opening the oven up.

Friend of done casseroles in hers,

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Although if I buy another campervan I might get a Halogen oven so I can cook outside and not have food smells lingering about.

Useful for that i suppose, but when we used to go camping years ago, we just used a small camp cooker with two burners and a grill. these days people seems to have all the mod cons, ovens, microwaves, TV. i loved camping and the simple life was great. sometimes i wish i could do it permanently.

[gerr60]

Simple answer is yes, but takes lots of practice, probable best to cover in grease proof paper, my yorkshires are excellent.