Solar Cake Recipes

 To bake a cake from a solar cake recipe in a solar oven you will need the following:

abundant sunshine - it is advisable to check the weather forecast the day before to ensure uninterrupted sunshine

an appropriate sun oven-preferably one you have used successfully in the past to bake a cake

all the related raw ingredients

appropriate cooking pots with tight-fitting lids, similarly preferably solar pots that you have previously used to bake a cake

a tile in the base of the cooker to absorb and amplify the internal heat is recommended

relevant solar cake recipes

Cake recipes and for that matter bread recipes require a leavening agent of some sort to work properly, and as a result, can be a little more complex than the average solar recipe.

In particular two areas that require careful consideration are a) the type of cooker-a cake recipe and bread recipe will work best in a solar cooker that reaches temperatures in excess of 350 °F (177 ºC), generally, the higher the temperature the better, and b) the heat seal must be left intact throughout the cooking period, both in terms of the plastic or glass sealing the solar oven and the tight-fitting lid of the solar pot remaining uninterrupted.

The chef has to at all times resist the temptation to open the cooker to inspect the cooking progress as this will immediately compromise the heat retentive capacity of the cooker and potentially cause the cake to collapse. In both of these instances the Global Sun Oven, a solar box cooker, is an excellent choice and can be purchased directly from the manufacturer.

The Global Sun Oven is arguably one of, if not the most popular solar oven globally and can be very successfully used to cook all food types including cakes and bread.

Lee Elliott is an Author on Solar Cooking and related solar cooking activities. As an Author on the topic, he's at the forefront to supply solutions to information associated with solar cooking and using solar cookers.