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Acacia Sweet

My buns didn't rise, what's that all about?

So yeah, new house, new oven, and of course I had to try it out. I'm used to an electric/fan assisted oven. The new one is gas. I used the same recipe as usual and the buns still taste ok, but they look disappointingly flat on top. Is it because it's a different oven? How do I make sure they rise properly in future?
Bea deVile

Maybe you need to preheat the oven more beforehand?
Not really sure, sometimes in the book it will have a "why it went wrong" section.
Acacia Sweet

I put the oven on before I actually started baking and I estimate it was on a good half hour before the buns went in. Stupid thing. I'll have to have a read of the oven manual.

I can't check the recipe book. The recipe is a basic one that grandma taught me which is wired into my brain so I have no recipe book to check.

The buns tasted ok anyway. Even the cat eats them. Which I'm pretty sure she shouldn't  Laughing
Bea deVile

The book says....
Insuficient whisking, too cool an oven, or insuficient raising agent.

Don't know if that will help at all? I usually cheat and use half plain and half self-raising flour, pretty sure I'm not supposed to do that though.

x
Acacia Sweet

My recipe calls for all self raising flour. Hmm, maybe I should beat the mixture even longer next time.

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