Fact and Myth
Throughout time, bakers have adjusted their recipes and refined original recipes. Fact or Myth?
Fact
How can you tell if a cake is done baking?
Stick something into the cake, if its dry its done.
Cookies sliced from a roll of chilled dough are called?
Refrigerator cookies.
True or False? Cakes should be completely cooled before they are frosted?
True!
Modern cakes as we know took shape in the mid 1800's. Fact or Myth?
Fact.
When should you start frosting your cake?
When it's completely cool.
How can pastry dough be kept from sticking while it tis being rolled out?
Lift the dough once in a while.
Cakes that contain fat, such as pond cake and layer cakes are called...
Shortened cakes
Whipping eggs used to be important to have cakes rise and it took many minutes. Fact or Myth?
Myth...It took hours to beat eggs.
What are the main ingredients in a pastry?
Flour, Salt, Water, Fat.
What might make pastries tough?
Over mixing dough.
True or False? The dawn of baking occurred when it was discovered that whipping eggs made cakes rise.
True!
The first bakers were Spaniards. Fact or Myth?
Myth. They were Egyptian
What is an example of a two-crust pie?
One crust beneath the filling and another crust on-top.
Why should soft cookies and crisp cookies be stored separately?
Crisp Cookies will become soft.
Why should an unshortened cake be turned upside down over a bottle to cool?
It keeps it from shrinking as it cools.
Fact and Myth? Sugar was originated in Latin America.
Myth...It was originated in Asia.
What are unshortened cakes and what don't they contain?
They contain no fat and contain no baking powder or baking soda.
Give three types of cookies and examples of each.
1. Dropped Cookies-EX: Chocolate Chip Cookies
2. Bar Cookies- EX: Brownies
3. Molded Cookies- EX: Sugar Cookies
4. Rolled Cookies-EX: Sugar Cookies
5. Pressed Cookies- Ex: Spritz Cookies
6. Refrigerator Cookies-EX: Slice Cookies
Describe a way to tell weather a cake is done or not.
2. Touch the center of the cake with your clean fingertip