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.
Describe One Bowl Method:
Mix dry ingredients and then mix the liquid back in.
type of fat usually used in a One-Bowl Method: .
oil.
What changes when you use different size pans than the recipe states?
the time
Techniques used: What are the three stages of egg foam? In which stage is sugar usually added? FOAm
Foamy, soft peak, stiff peak. Add sugar in soft peaks.
List the types of foam cakes?
. Angel: don’t grease pan, Sponge, Chiffon
what factors can inhibit egg foam?
Clean bowl with no fat residue and no yolk.
What is used to help stabilize an egg foam and keep it white?
Cream of tartar
What is the purpose of sifting?
aerate the flower
What is the purpose of using a tube pan for an angel food cake
Allows more air to get in, that allows it to rise more.
What four indicators tell you that your cake is done? (other than the toothpick test)
Use your senses: Observation, color, texture, springs back when you touch, golden brown, rounded thin crust, shrink from the sides.
List three practical tips for icing a cake:
let the cake cool, and help the cake not dry out, works as a glue. Make sure to keep icing covered, no crumbs coming.
What is the scientific name for the Cacoa tree
Theobroma Cacao
The first chocolate drink was consumed by this group of people.
Aztec
Which European country was the first to consume chocolate?
Spain
What climate does the Cacao tree grow in?
Tropical areas
In what area do most Cacao trees grow?
Areas surrounding the equator 10 degrees above and below the equator.
What is the name of the vessel that holds the cocoa beans?
Cocoa bean
What is the name of the type of fat found in the Cacao bean?
Cocoa butter
Which candy bar was named after the Mar’s family horse?
Snickers
Name two ways to melt chocolate successfully so that it doesn’t burn.
Hot water- double boiler
What are the best conditions for storing chocolate?
Free from odors, and well ventilated areas
Which amino acid is found in chocolate that is a precursor to serotonin?
tryptophan
What is the term used to describe these hormones that affect our mood?
Serotonin and endorphins. Feel god hormones
What is the name of the group of antioxidants found in chocolate?
flavonoids
List four ways chocolate is beneficial to our health.
Contains antioxidants, helps guard cells, reduces inflammation, lowers blood pressure, reduces bad colesteral, contains bromine.
Which type of chocolate is beneficial to health and what percent cocoa must it be?
Dark chocolate
Which type of chocolate has no health benefits at all?
Milk chocolate
From your notes, which type of cakes require egg foams?
Angel food cake, sponge cake, layer cake, cookies, meringues,
