ON OVEN TEMPERATURE ACCURACY:  

Check your oven for temperature accuracy. Place an oven  
thermometer on a pan and set the pan in the middle of the  
middle shelf. Turn the oven to 350° and wait about 30 minutes.  
heck the thermometer and see if it reads 350 degrees. Make a  
note of the thermometer's reading. Set your oven to 400 degrees  
and follow the time procedure. Check the thermometer and make  
a note of its reading. Set your oven to 300 degrees and follow  
the time procedure. Check the thermometer and make a note of  
its reading.  

Adjust your baking times in accordance with the real temperatures  
shown on your notes. If the thermometer's reading were less than  
your oven's dial setting...Bake for a longer time. If the  
thermometer's reading were more than your oven's dial settings...  
ake for a shorter time. You can also change the outside settings  
to be a little higher or a little lower instead of changing the  
baking times. Do whatever works best for you. "Make notes of your  
settings".  

Sometime your oven's temperature setting device will match its  
real inside temperature on some setting and not on others. It's  
good to know what the real inside temperatures are for high and  
low settings. 

 

For cakes use a toothpick,Cake is done when toothpick comes out dry.