We have something similaar here, called a Suzie Homemaker or EZBake Oven,
cooks with a lightbulb and you make little round cakes, etc. Was the delight
of my life for several months as a child.....but cakes bake around 350
degrees F which is too hot for clay, (it needs to be more like 270-300F
tops) so I would definately invest in a small oven thermometer, lay it flat
in the pan, and test.

If nothing else, you got a cool objet d'art, like you said!!

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"Dicon" wrote in message
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"Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in message
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What's the baking temp?


Barbara

To be honest I cannot tell. The inner chamber which is over the light is
so
small, my "stand up" oven thermometer won't fit inside the small drop down
compartment, inside the oven. It does really cook little cup cakes ( two
at
a time ) so there is some heat there. Also the door has a safety lock, so
the door won't open until the heat has dropped. There is a little green
light on the front that goes on when the door can be opened, this prevents
children burning their fingers. I guess the best bet is to find at what
temperature do two cup-cakes take to cook.
I left my test piece in for half an hour ( I put it in and forgot all
about
it ) but it seems to do the job.
Fun though and cheap. As it's twelve volts it could be run off a car
battery
for holiday modelling on the move.
Jackdaw, collector of facts, trivia and bright twinkly things
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