Home Baking Flashcards
Name five advantages of home baking
Better Flavor Attractive Appearance Cheaper No Preservatives You Can Control Ingredients
Ingredients
Flour:
Usually wheat flour because it contains gluten
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Fat
Keeps bread fresh, butter has the best flavor, margarine is economical
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Sugar
Granulated or caster can be used to sweeten
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Eggs
Brings it all together
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Brown Sugar
Adds a spicy flavor
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Icing
Used for decorating
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Eggs
Should be fresh and at room temperature used to trap air
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Fruit
Fresh or dried used to add flavor
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Liquid
Water, Milk, Egg used to trap air
What is a Raising Agent?
It makes product light and spongy also makes product rise can be Chemical, Biological or Natrual
What do Raising Agents do?
They make cakes and breads rise in the oven
What Gas Does a Raising Agent put in the mix?
Air or C02
What Happens in The Oven to the C02?
The heat makes the gas expand which pushes the mixture up
What Does the Gluten do?
The mixture stretches because of the gluten in the flour.
How Does the Mix Set?
After a while the heat of the oven sets the gluten, which makes the mixture keep its risen shape
What’s a Natural Raising Agent?
Air
How do you put the Natural Raising Agent into the Mix?
A. Sieving
B. Rubbing Fat into Flour
C. Creaming Sugar and Fat
D. Whisking Eggs With Sugar
What is a Chemical Raising Agent?
These depend on a chemical reaction to make the gas
Name Three Ways of Making C02
Baking Powder + Milk
Bread Soda + Buttermilk
Alkali + Acid + Moisture
What’s a Biological Raising Agent
Yeast
What is Yeast
Tiny living organisms make C02 in the dough, In the oven the heat kills the cells
What is the Rub In Method?
Fat rubbed into flour
What is the Creaming Method?
Fat and Sugar creamed
