On Apr 10, 2:46?pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> "Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote in messagenews:hjmn13d48j5n4m4tc7db55mkquh06paiko@4ax .com...
>
> > On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:01:14 -0400, "Davlo" > wrote:
>
> >>Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
> >>not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
> >>Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.
>
> > Pre-heating means getting the oven hot BEFORE you put the thing you're
> > baking into it, rather than putting the dish into a cold oven and
> > heating it up slowly. It doesn't make a difference for a lot of things
> > but cakes are very temperature-sensitive. And obviously, if you only
> > want to bake something for ten minutes, it's not going to be ten
> > minutes going into a cold oven or you'll wonder why it's still raw.
>
> ...and maybe burnt on the bottom, from the element or burner being full-on
> during the preheat period.

Not possible.