Home Baking

Question 1

Name five advantages of home baking

Answer 1

Better Flavor 
Attractive Appearance 
Cheaper
No Preservatives 
You Can Control Ingredients

Question 2

Ingredients

Flour:

Answer 2

Usually wheat flour because it contains gluten

Question 3

Ingredients

Fat

Answer 3

Keeps bread fresh, butter has the best flavor, margarine is economical

Question 4

Ingredients

Sugar

Answer 4

Granulated or caster can be used to sweeten

Question 5

Ingredients

Eggs

Answer 5

Brings it all together

Question 6

Ingredient

Brown Sugar

Answer 6

Adds a spicy flavor

Question 7

Ingredient

Icing

Answer 7

Used for decorating

Question 8

Ingredient

Eggs

Answer 8

Should be fresh and at room temperature used to trap air

Question 9

Ingredient

Fruit

Answer 9

Fresh or dried used to add flavor

Question 10

Ingredient

Liquid

Answer 10

Water, Milk, Egg used to trap air

Question 11

What is a Raising Agent?

Answer 11

It makes product light and spongy also makes product rise can be Chemical, Biological or Natrual

Question 12

What do Raising Agents do?

Answer 12

They make cakes and breads rise in the oven

Question 13

What Gas Does a Raising Agent put in the mix?

Answer 13

Air or C02

Question 14

What Happens in The Oven to the C02?

Answer 14

The heat makes the gas expand which pushes the mixture up

Question 15

What Does the Gluten do?

Answer 15

The mixture stretches because of the gluten in the flour.

Question 16

How Does the Mix Set?

Answer 16

After a while the heat of the oven sets the gluten, which makes the mixture keep its risen shape

Question 17

What’s a Natural Raising Agent?

Answer 17

Air

Question 18

How do you put the Natural Raising Agent into the Mix?

Answer 18

A. Sieving
B. Rubbing Fat into Flour
C. Creaming Sugar and Fat
D. Whisking Eggs With Sugar

Question 19

What is a Chemical Raising Agent?

Answer 19

These depend on a chemical reaction to make the gas

Question 20

Name Three Ways of Making C02

Answer 20

Baking Powder + Milk
Bread Soda + Buttermilk
Alkali + Acid + Moisture

Question 21

What’s a Biological Raising Agent

Answer 21

Yeast

Question 22

What is Yeast

Answer 22

Tiny living organisms make C02 in the dough, In the oven the heat kills the cells

Question 23

What is the Rub In Method?

Answer 23

Fat rubbed into flour

Question 24

What is the Creaming Method?

Answer 24

Fat and Sugar creamed

Question 25

What is the all in one Method?

Answer 25

All the ingredients mixed together at once

Question 26

The Whisking Method

Answer 26

Whisking fat and sugar together

Question 27

The Melting Method

Answer 27

Oatmeal Buiscuits

Question 28

What is a Cake Mix

Answer 28

Mixture of flour, fat, sugar, raising agent, sat and additives mixed together