QUICK CAKES: QUICK BREAD, MUFFIN, PANCAKE, FRITTER, POPOVER. Flashcards
QUICK BREAD
2 PARTS FLOUR: 2 PARTS LIQUID: 1 PART EGG: 1 PART BUTTER
MUFFIN
2 PARTS FLOUR: 2 PARTS LIQUID: 1 PART EGG: 1 PART BUTTER
PANCAKE
2 PARTS LIQUID: 1 PART EGG: 1/2 PART BUTTER: 2 PARTS FLOUR
FRITTER
2 PARTS FLOUR: 2 PARTS LIQUID: 1 PART EGG
POPOVER
2 PARTS LIQUID: 1 PART EGG: 1 PART FLOUR
Quick cakes are also called what?
Quick breads or batter breads.
Do quick cakes all use the same mixing method? What’s it called?
Yes, often called straight mixing method.
The different types of quick breads vary in what way?
Mainly the liquid-to-flour ratio.
Difference between quick bread and muffins?
Quick breads is composed of cake batter ingredients that are stirred together and leavened with baking powder. Muffins are quick breads baked in cups.
Difference between muffin batter and popover?
Muffin has twice as much flour and baking powder.
Custards simply cooked at high temperatures with some flour thrown in; a loose form of hot baked pate a choux.
Popover
A muffin batter is essentially what holds abundant garnish together to be fried into what?
Fritters
Pancakes are really just thin what?
Muffins
Are muffins essentially flavored pancake batter?
Yes
All quick breads but which one require baking powder?
Popovers
Recipes (for quick breads) vary considerably on how much baking powder to use. What is a good rule?
1 teaspoon per 4 ounces of flour (a scant cup) or 5 grams for every 110 grams of flour. For fluffier pancakes, you can double this amount.
Is double acting baking powder a more consistent leavener?
Yes
A good rule of thumb for adding sugar to muffins and cakes and pancakes.
Add as much sugar as butter.
What technique do quick breads need for mixing?
None, just mix wet and dry together, but don’t over mix or they can become tough.
Large eggs are how many ounces?
2 ounces
If you’re adding additional garnish (i.e. citrus zest or fruit) when should it be added?
After dry and wet ingredients are mixed together.
Should butter be solid or liquid in quick breads?
Liquid and added in with the liquid ingredients.
Classic quick bread flavor pairings.
Blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, cranberry-orange, apple-cinnamon, lemon-poppy, bananas-brown butter.
How would you measure buttermilk or yogurt into pancake batter?
As half the liquid.
How would you add cornmeal, whole wheat flour, or other ground cereal grains to pancakes?
Replace 25% of the flour with it.
Does the standard pancake ratio produce a thick or thin batter?
Fairly thick batter, and thick, cakey pancakes.
Besides the ratio, what else should be added to pancakes?
Salt, sugar, baking powder, vanilla.
Fritter batter, which is a muffin batter without butter, is a vehicle like what?
Crepes or dumplings.
What is the problem with ingredients containing a lot of moisture going in fritters?
Ingredients such as mushrooms and eggplant may continue to steam after being taken out, resulting in a soggy, rather than crisp, fritter.
Do fritters make a great canapé?
Yes
When should you serve fritters? Why?
Immediately after they’re cooked, or they become soggy.
Could you use beer as your liquid for fritters?
Yes
Texture of popovers.
Crisp exterior and warm creamy cent
What is Yorkshire pudding?
A popover cooking i piping hot beef fat.
Is a popover soft as a parker house roll?
Yes
Gougere cousin.
Profiterole
How is best volume for a popover achieved?
Batter is poured into a piping hot vessel.
Do you need a proper pan to make popovers?
No, you can use a skillet, ramekins and muffin tins, even oven proof mugs.
Where is a good place to cook Yorkshire pudding?
Right in the pan you cooked the beef.
What does putting garnish is a popover do to volume?
Inhibits rise. Better to add them after cooking.
Without a scale, how would you add 8 oz of milk, 4 oz of egg, 4 oz flour, and 2 oz butter?
Milk with a measuring cup, eggs are 2oz each, and half a stick of butter is 2oz. Don’t forget the salt!
Temp for popovers?
Start pan in oven at 450ºF for 10 minutes, then reduce to 375ºF for remaining time.
When making popovers, should you rest the batter?
Yes, allow the flour to bloom (hydrate) as long as possible.
Organization for popover baking.
Place pan in 450ºF oven, mix batter and let bloom for 30 minutes or longer, remove pan from oven and place a couple tsp butter in each cup, fill each cup with batter and bake for 10 minutes at 450ºF, then reduce to 375ºF for remaining 20 to 30 minutes.
Is tempura a Japanese preparation?
Yes, said to have been transported from Portugal in the seventeenth century.
When are tempura batters mixed?
A la minute.
Traditional Japanese tempura contains what?
Wheat flour and eggs.
Self-rising flour has what added?
Salt and baking powder.
How is tempura batter different from any other batter?
It’s low in gluten.
How do you make a tempura batter low in gluten?
Use a pure starch for part of the mix and flour that’s low-gluten for the other.
Tempura batter ratio (for starch mixture).
3 PARTS CAKE FLOUR: 1 PART CORNSTARCH (adding 1/2 tsp each of baking powder and salt per cup or 5oz of starch). This ratio works for volume or weight.
Why use sparkling water in tempura batter?
Additional lift.
Does beer work with tempura batter?
Yes, especially with onion rings.
Keys to achieving crispness in tempura batter.
Make sure flour has very little protein, mix batter directly before frying.
Why should you mix tempura batter directly before frying?
So starch doesn’t absorb water but rather the water is allowed to cook out quickly, leaving a crisp, light crust.
Consistency of tempura batter.
Heavy cream
Are some small lumps fine in tempura batter?
Yes
Is tempura batter best cold or warm?
Cold for maximum viscosity.
Should items be placed directly in tempura batter? Explain.
No, they should be dusted in flour first so the wet batter has a dry surface to adhere to.
When should you add liquid to tempura batter?
When oil is hot enough for frying.
How hot should oil be for tempura?
350ºF
Tempuras are usually served with what?
Soy based dipping sauces with a good balance of saltiness, sweetness, and acidity.
Japanese dipping sauces typically include what?
Soy, mirin, and dashi.
Simple dipping sauce recipe.
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp rice wine vinegar
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp grated ginger
