Just got a convection oven and spent the weekend experimenting. Today, before finding this advice, I made the tallest, fluffiest chiffon cake I have ever made. So, it is possible to use convection with light cakes. One thing to consider is rack placement. A convection oven will heat more evenly in more of the cavity, so no need to put a cake in the exact middle. Instead, look at where the fan blows from. Don't put your pan where the fragile rising top will be right in front of the fan. Et voila. Considered a Dacor but needed a microwave/oven combo and beware, Dacor's microwave ovens are just relabeled Sharps and get terrible reviews.

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