Can it be repaired independently? If the warranty on your appliance has expired, find out whether any independent appliance repairs services will fix it for you. Research recommended and trusted traders in your area, and they may be able to come out and take a look for you. The baking time will probably be a bit longer than what your recipe calls for if you use a full-size (e.g., 8” round) pan; smaller pans will require less time. TOP HEATING ELEMENT: This air fryer is designed with a top heating element that uses rapid air circulation technology to cook food fast and with 99% less oil. AUTO-ROTATE FOR EVEN COOKING: Cooking baskets/rotisseries rotate automatically to ensure even cooking all around.

Your fryer may have a bake cycle — if so, start there. You’ll notice the default temperature is probably lower than what you’d usually use to bake cake: The fryer is simply a very small convection oven, and convection ovens bake most effectively at a slightly lower temperature. My Gourmia’s bake cycle temperature is 325°F, which works well. If your fryer doesn’t have a bake cycle, set the temperature to 325°F.Why would you want to bake cake in your air fryer, as opposed to just using your regular oven? Four reasons: Please note: It is recommended to soak the accessories in soapy water and gently clean it. The items are not dishwasher-safe. ADJUSTABLE TIME & TEMPERATURE: Easily adjust the temperature and time to cook your preferred meals. Variable temperature control from 30-200° and time control from 1-300 minutes depending on the modes and settings. Look at the evenly baked interior of this lemon Bundt cake! Bundt cakes are ideally suited to air-fryer baking.

I like the internal light, which lets you keep tabs on everything as it cooks. Having a window on the door at the front is a practical touch too, allowing you to observe without opening the door and losing valuable heat. My favorite pan for air fryer cakes is a half-size Bundt pan (about 3-cup working capacity). With its center tube funneling hot air not just around the edges of the cake but through its center, it’s a better match for the air fryer’s convection baking than the standard round cake pan. As for capacity, it holds a typical recipe calling for an 8” square, 8” round, or 9” round pan; or half of a sheet cake recipe ( 9” x 13” pan). Streusel topping transforms simple hot milk cake into a crumb coffeecake, protecting the cake's top crust from over-browning in the process. 4) Prevent the cake’s top crust from burning PRE-SETS: 8 auto-programmes including Roast, Dehydrate, Fry, Bake or Reheat & more for convenient and easy cooking. Equally, this model like all the other air fryers out there does need close monitoring to ensure your food doesn’t end up just a little too sizzly. However, the stand out features for me have to be the rotisserie and also that rotating wire mesh basket.First, you can simply drape aluminum foil atop the cake once it’s nearly as brown as you like; the foil will slow down any further browning while the center of the cake bakes through. While this option is simple, it’s not my first choice; the convection fan tends to blow foil around, leaving your cake only partially covered or (worse) dipping down into the batter. For cakes without a designated topping, try adding streusel once the top of the cake has set (about midway through the bake). This all-purpose Streusel Top ping is perfect for an 8” round cake. To lean into chocolate, try the topping from our Rye Chocolate Coffeecake.

My second favorite pan? The 6” round, which holds half the batter of an 8” square/round or 9” round, or one-quarter that of a sheet cake. Whether you want to upgrade to a newer model, or your air-fryer has reached the end of its life, knowing how and where to dispose of your appliance is important to avoid creating more e-waste.

What if you really, really want to bake a full-size 8” or 9” round layer? You can absolutely do it; you just have to take certain measures to prevent the top from burning while the center of the cake bakes. More on that later. 3) Determine time and temperature Mini oven’ types: these models use convection or fan technology to cook food on flat, slide-in trays. As well as roasting, their extra air-frying functions circulate hot air around the food for more efficient crisping. These took up the space of an average-sized microwave. Some may also include rotisserie elements. PRE-SETS: 10 auto-programmes including Roast, Dehydrate, Fry, Bake or Reheat & more for convenient and easy cooking. But cake? Unless you’re talking lava cakes, you don’t want a crispy crust and an under-baked center. Still, given the right recipe and some simple tweaks, you can make very good cakes in your air fryer. And after baking over a dozen cakes in my Gourmia fryer, I’m ready to share my best air fryer cake practices. Over the course of numerous experiments, I’ve retrofitted several of my favorite cake recipes to bake in the air fryer: one “neutral” vanilla (perfect for flavoring) and one chocolate. If you’re looking for a place to start, I recommend beginning with either of these recipes. My go-to vanilla air fryer cake: Chef Zeb’s Hot Milk Cake