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gloria.p wrote:
> Dora wrote:
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>> I get what you are saying. Part of the solution no doubt lies in
>> calibration or at least the oven thermometer.
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>> Thanks, everyone, for the advice. Back to the drawing board.
>>

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> I was thinking along Dimitri's lines, perhaps the temp control
> needs calibrsating.
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> Otherwise, would it work to "boost" your baking pan by putting a
> cake pan upside down under it, or would that make the lower rack
> too high? It sounds as though something to raise the pan an inch
> above the rack would help.
>
> gloria p


The upside-down cake pan sounds like a good idea. I'll try that the
next time I bake. It's been pretty discouraging.
I'm going to see if the maintenance department here will calibrate the
rascal, since Dimitri could be right about the temp.

Dora