bake at 180 degrees

Meaning

This instruction tells you to cook food in an oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius (or approximately 350 degrees Fahrenheit). It is the standard moderate temperature used for baking cakes, cookies, and roasting vegetables. The tone is highly practical and instructional.

Examples

• Preheat the oven and bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes.

  Preheat the oven and bake at 180 degrees for twenty minutes.

• The recipe says to bake at 180 degrees until the top is golden brown.

  The recipe says to bake at 180 degrees until the top is golden brown.

• If you bake at 180 degrees, the cookies will turn out perfectly soft.

  If you bake at 180 degrees, the cookies will turn out perfectly soft.

• Should I bake at 180 degrees or a higher temperature for this bread?

  Should I bake at 180 degrees or a higher temperature for this bread?

• I usually bake at 180 degrees because it cooks the chicken evenly.

  I usually bake at 180 degrees because it cooks the chicken evenly.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ cook at 180 degrees in the oven

  ✓ bake at 180 degrees

  While 'cook' is generic, 'bake' is the precise term used for dry heat cooking in an oven, especially for bread, cakes, and pastries.

• ✗ bake on 180 degrees

  ✓ bake at 180 degrees

  The correct preposition to use with temperatures in English is 'at', not 'on'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Put the cake tin in the oven and ___ for 35 minutes.

  💡 Cook in the oven at a moderate temperature.

  Show answer

  bake at 180 degrees

• Most cookie recipes require you to ___.

  💡 Set the oven to 180 Celsius and cook.

  Show answer

  bake at 180 degrees