Lab 6 Flashcards
In cake preparation, egg, flour and milk contains ____
Protein that coagulates with heat to form the structure.
Egg whites will do what in cake? What do egg yolks do?
Egg white will leaven and dry a product.
Egg yolks emulsify.
What is an advantage of using room temp eggs instead of cold?
Will have a better volume
In cake preparation, what does sugar combine with to tenderize the cake?
Gluten forming proteins
What coats gluten forming proteins? What does it result in? What does creaming do?
Fat
Results in tenderization, and creaming results in tiny bubbles.
Similarly to fat, oil coats gluten forming proteins but does not contain what?
Does not contain AIR therefore must be incorporated into other ingredients such as eggs to maximize air.
How should MCT oil incorporate air into cake?
Blend at high speed for 5 minutes
In cake preparation, how should dry ingredients be incorporated for better ingredient distrubution?
Dry ingredients should be sifted.
Name the two ways cakes are classified
1) Shortened
2) Foam cake
What are 3 other names for shortened cakes?
Butter
Conventional
Creamed
The most commmon creamed cake is
birthday cake
Which foam cakes contain no fat?
Angel
Meringue
Dacquosies
Vacherin
Which foam cakes congains only fat from egg yolks?
Sponge
Ladyfingers
Which foam cakes contain only fat ASIDE from yolks?
Chiffon
Genoises
How many mL of baking powder and baking sodal per cup of flour?
5 mL baking powder
1 mL baking soda
If the only liquid source is eggs, is a leavener necessary? Provide an example.
No leavener necessary. i.e pound cake
What are the goals of mixing? (3)
Uniform blend of ingredients
Incorporating maximal amount of air cells (optimal volume and texture)
Developing minimal amount of gluten
Name the 7 cake mixing methods
1) Conventional
2) Conventional - meringue
3) Conventional -sponge
4) Quick Mixing
5) Single Stage (dump)
6) Two Stage (pastry blend)
7) Muffin method
The conventional mixing methos is also known as (3)
Creaming
Sugar-shortening
Sugar batter
describe the sugar batter method
1) fat and sugar creamed until light and fluffy (vital for volume)
2) Eggs beaten in (increase air volume, distributes lecithin)
3) Dry ingredients sifted in small amounts beginnign and ending with dry ingredeints
In the conventional mixing method, when do they gluten forming proteins become well coated?
In the first additon of the dry ingredients (sifted) to the wet ingredients (fat, sugar, eggs).
When gluten proteins are well coated in fat, this limits what?
Gluten development
In the conventional mixing method, why is it important to limit mixing after liquid is added?
because uncoatwed gluten proteins combine at this point, resulting a tough cake
descrie the conventional meringue method
Egg whies are seperated, made into a meringue and folded in at the end of mixing.
Describe the conventional sponge method
Eggs are sepearted and half the sugar is added to egg whites.
Mixture is beat until foamy and stiff then added to batter at the end of mixing.
Describe the quick mixing method
Dry ingredients are sifted together, then fat,liquids and flavourings are added.
Mixture is beaten vigirousky, eggs added, then beaten again.
Describe the single satge (dump) method
All ingredients combined and mixed until well blended
describe the two stage (pastry-blend) method
1) fat and flour creamed together
2) mixture of remaining dry ingredient and half of the liquid, then additon of eggs, then remaining half of liquid.
3) results in limited gluten development and “melt in your mouth” texture
Descrie the muffin method
Eggs, milk, melted fat or oil are combined and mixed with dry ingredients.
Results in coarse crumbs with large cells.
Name some things to be cautious of when making angel food cake
1) High sugar content necesary for tenderization due to absence of fat
2) Foam must be beaten until stiff to prevent collapse of fragile structure
3) Too little folding may result in an uneven texture, too much folding created acompact cake and tough crumb,.
Name the two functions of cream of tartar as an acid in angel food cake
1) To whiten the batter via effect on flavenoid pigments
2) Improive grain of crumb by stabalizing proteins in the batter until set by heat.
In angel food cake, too much acid results in __
low volume and exessivey fine crumb
the purpose of baking angel food cake in a un-greased tub pan (bundt pan) is _____ and should be cooled ____
cook evenly and will not stick
upside down so it stretches and sticks.
Yellow sponge cake is __
light and velvety
How is lemon sponge cake made?
yolks and whites of eggs are used, where lemon juice is the acidic ingredient. High sugar content counteracts the toighening effect egg as well as the low fat content.
Whats the difference between yellow sponge cake and chiffon cake?
Chiffon cake used oil
When making egg-white foams and meringues, why should you stir tapioca starch into sugar or make a cornstarch paste and beat in the paste after adding the sugar?
Starch prevents the meringues shrinking when baked and prevents tearing when the meringue is cut.
When making egg-white foams and meringues, why should you not overbeat egg whites? When should they be beat?
Overbeaten egg white foams become dry and rigid and will not expand, beat them until they are only moist and slip a little in the bowl.
When making egg-white foams and meringues, when should sugar be added? What happens if you wait too late?
Add when soft peaks form. Adding sugar too early will reduce volume and increase beating time.
Adding sugar too late may cause the meringue to dry out will not expand.