The answer to both questions is that it depends on:

what you use to make the cakes rise - I am assuming double acting baking
powder

how long you are willing to bake them...

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You can actually start baking with the oven cold and the oat cakes in
the oven, as long as you know what you are doing, use the correct amount
of baking powder, watch the oven, and learn how long it takes to rise to
the height you want and bake to the 'doneness' you want.

If you bake at the lower temperature, the outside will stay softer and
be closer to the middle in texture. If you bake at the higher
temperature you will bake for a shorter period of time and get a cake
that is harder on the outside and softer on the inside, again if you get
the timing right.

In other words, it all depends on you and your measurements and tools,
and how you want the baked cakes to be, texture wise.

RsH
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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:08:06 +0100, "Xanadu" <.> wrote:

>How much pre-heating should one do?
>
>I like to make oat cakes, should the oven be at the correct temperature, or
>is just a 10 min wait enough.
>
> Also
>
>What temperature is best to cook at for a quite thick oat cake, about 1.5",
>some recipes say 280 degrees, and some 320 degrees.
>
>Thanks
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