Cake, Pasta, and Chocolat Flashcards
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According to Dori Greenspan, pies are down home, cookies are fun but cakes just about sing, “I love you”. What is so special about cake?
You go out of your way to make something feel special and made for a special occasion. They are more elevated that cookies and pies.
Sometimes you can successfully estimate amounts with recipes but why is it advised to follow the recipe of a cake?
They are made with scientific precision, therefore in order for the cake to turn out well you follow instructions carefully.
Why is it important to have your ingredients at room temperature?
So then they are soft but not melted so it’s quickly incorporated into the mixture.
What makes a cake a “shortened” cake?
They are foamy- they contain solid fat; butter as suppossed to oil
Describe a high quality shortened cake?
foamy- good volume and moist
In the conventional method, how can creaming the butter and sugar affect the outcome of your cake?
It creates a velvety texture.
What is the purpose of alternating the addition of flour and liquid to the butter mixture rather than combining them together all at once?
This helps to keep the fat from separating
What is the “one bowl” method?
It’s when you first combine dry ingredients, then you add the fat.
How full should you fill your cake pans or cupcake pans with batter so that it has enough space to rise?
Halfway
If you make cupcakes from a cake recipe what will change? The baking time, the temperature, or both?
The baking time will decrease.
List four indicators that a cake is finished baking.
It has a shiny crust and is springy.
Foam Cakes:
In a shortened cake, baking powder and or baking soda is used for leavening. Describe how a foam cake is leavened.
By air trapped in protein- from the fluffy beat-up egg whites.
What are the three stages of an egg foam?
- Foamy 2. Soft peak and lastly stiff peak
Name three types of foam cakes:
Biscuits, angel food cake, meringue.
Other than adding sweetness and making it attractive, what are some practical reasons for icing a cake?
To give different flavors.
How is baking different from cooking?
Baking requires more precision and certain temperature, it’s not as versatile than cooking
Give at least three descriptive words for a high quality cake:
Spongy, no tunnels, good volume, fine grain, tender.
What is an important factor for many of your ingredients for cake baking?
leavening agent, room temperature.
What is the purpose of creaming butter and sugar with an electric mixer?
to add air into it- add volume.
What are the two basic kinds of cake?
Shortened Cakes:
Foam Cakes.
Other name for shortened cakes
buttered cake
FOAM CAKES:
ype of fat: c
Leavening:
Techniques used: .
Solid
baking soda and baking powder.
Sifting flour, creaming.
Describe steps for Conventional method:
Sift dry ingredients, cream fat, beat eggs, and mix liquid in another bowl. Combine little by little. prevents overmixing.
