Baking With Convection: Oven Temp. Confusion

[babywings76]

I'm still getting used to my convection oven. Now, I have a cake mix that says 350 for shiny metal or glass pan, and 325 for dark or nonstick. I'm assuming that the stoneware should get the 325 temp., right? So then I need to bake it at 300 with my convection oven? That just sounds so low to me!

 

[chefann]

I use the glass pan temps for stoneware - it helps the stone get up to temp a little faster. So with the reduction for convection, that takes it to 325˚F.

 

[babywings76]

Thanks!

 

[babywings76]

It worked out well. Now here's another question...

I made the cake in the fluted stone. This is the 2nd time I've used it, so I'm a bit inexperienced with cakes this shape. The cake is higher in the middle areas. So should I level off the top so that when it's flipped over and put on the plate it'll lay flat? It's in position on the serving plate right now and the edges are sitting up off the plate about a 1/2 inch or so. It also didn't seem to be as tall as I thought it would. (My pumpkin cake I made last weekend looked a bit like a squashed pumpkin.)

 

[LeslieSGI]

If I understand what you are asking, the answer is the weight of the cake itself will make it sit flat once you put a platter over the top of the cake pan and flip it over and remove the pan. This leaves what was the top of the cake while it was in the oven as the bottom of the cake when plated. (If this is not what you meant, please excuse me.)​