"Margaret Suran"& Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> >>>>>i'm making a recipe for cheesecake that calls for a 10"
>>>>>springform pan. the only springform pan i have is a 9". what
>>>>>adjustments do i need to make as far as baking time or whatever?
>>>>>i don't have time to get another pan. lee
>>>>
>>>>Baking temperature would not change. Baking time would increase
>>>>slightly. I would bake for the time recommended for the 10" cake, then
>>>>monitor closely and check for doneness. Usually this means that the
>>>>cake will be mostly firm with a slightly softer center. I'm sorry, but
>>>>I can't offer a precise time.
>>
>>>If you bake it longer and do not decrease the temperature, won't the cake
>>>get too dark on top and burn on the bottom?
>>
>> I suppose that could happen, but when I bake a 9" recipe in an 8" pan, I
>> don't degrease the temp and it comes out perfectly.
>>
> I have to assume that you know this from experience. You bake much more
> than I do. I usually follow the recipe to the last dotted "i" and do not
> dare to experiment when it comes to cake pan sizes. )
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I bake mine like Wayne ... usually the same temperature and increase the
time but keep an eye on it during the estimated last 15 minutes or so.

Also... I rarely can follow a recipe as written. Most recipes scream at me
to add a bit of this and reduce a bit of that. I imagine that Ms. Suran's
recipes and cookbooks all behave properly and know to be on their best
behavior at all times. Most likely they've been informed that they are in
the presence of a lady and should behave as such! Whereas most of mine are
either hyperactive and/or borderline on being delinquent adolesents that beg
to challenge anything and everything. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if
some of mine have errors printed on purpose just to challenge my common
(cooking)sense! Or... it could just be that I'm such a maverick
(occasionally read "anal" and other times "controlling") that I just have to
put my own spin on things. Mom may have been right - I could forever be age
12 going on 40. Whodathunk?

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Syssi