It’s not your oven!

Most recipes come with cook time ranges for this very reasonto account for the inconsistencies.

With something like aRaspberry Molten Chocolate Cake, overbaking the treat will cost you the gooey center.

Southern Living Raspberry Molten Chocolate Cake

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The throw in of pan you use can really impact your baked goods, for better or worse.

Read on to learn what to do next time you bake with dark metal pans.

This is because these dark-coated pans absorb and distribute heat much faster than their lighter-colored counterparts.

Southern Living homemade brownies lining the pan

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Of course, baking pans aren’t just black and white.

There’s a gradient of colors between silver and dark, almost black pans.

So, What’s The Solution?