Quick cake help

[A mothers love]

My oven is fan forced and the recipe says 170 degrees so I have put it at 150 is this right?

Also I doubled the recapie as my cake tin is bigger. It says to cook for 25 to 30 mins. So since my tin is bigger I should cook for 35 to 40 yes??

Also should I rotate to tin or just check the cake with a squeer (sp) at 30 mins?

Thanks!!!!

[A mothers love]

Anyone?? Pretty please

[Daydream Believer]

150 non fan forced shoul be good, it's probably too late now, but just make sure you check it regularly, to make sure it's not browning too much whilst still being in cooked in the middle. If that's happenin turn the oven down another 10-20 degrees.
You shouldn't have to rotate the cake, unless you know your oven cooks unevenly.
Happy baking

[A mothers love]

Your a legend thanks it's still cooking. It's golden and the centre is still not cooked so have turned down to 140. It's almost done I hope lol.

I should have realized double mixture double cooking time lol

[bellalika]

Do the toothpick test.

If you put a toothpick into the middle of the cake and it comes out with anything on it, it needs longer. If it comes out clean, cakes done!

[Daydream Believer]

How'd your cake turn out?

When I double recipes, I drop the temp a bit and cook it for ages. The high temp tends to cook the outside well but because of the size leave it googly in the middle. And the cakes turn out so lovely and even and flat that I now do the same, even for a normal size cake.
I've never cooked anything that took the 'recommended time'

[bellalika]

If you look online there is a book called Australian Party Cakes (I think - google Gina the giraffe cake template) they have a PDF of what cooking times etc you need for cooking bigger cakes, in what size tins etc. Very handy.

[A mothers love]

How'd your cake turn out?

When I double recipes, I drop the temp a bit and cook it for ages. The high temp tends to cook the outside well but because of the size leave it googly in the middle. And the cakes turn out so lovely and even and flat that I now do the same, even for a normal size cake.
I've never cooked anything that took the 'recommended time'

Not bad took an hour to cook and I stuffed up a little with the baking paper sticky to it. But it's all ok as I had to crumb it, and I've put buttercream icing on it and it's now in the fridge waiting for the fondant to go on it tomorrow night.

[A mothers love]

If you look online there is a book called Australian Party Cakes (I think - google Gina the giraffe cake template) they have a PDF of what cooking times etc you need for cooking bigger cakes, in what size tins etc. Very handy.

Thanks heaps!!! I'll have to do that make my life easier!!