Fat
What Fat (Made from Dairy) is the most popular fat used.
What is Butter?
What forms when you mix water and flour?
What is Gluten?
What common powder releases carbon dioxide when mixed with moisture and an acid, helping cakes rise?
What is Baking Soda?
What common ingredient in most baked goods adds sweetness and helps with browning?
What is sugar?
What natural gas produced by yeast or chemical leaveners gets trapped in dough or batter, causing baked goods to rise?
What is carbon dioxide?
What MAN MADE fat has been banned due to health concerns?
What is Trans Fat?
What gluten free flour is naturally low in protein?
What is Rice Flour?
What powder contains both an acid and a base, so it creates carbon dioxide as soon as it’s wet and again when heated?
What is Baking Powder?
What liquid ingredient hydrates flour, activates yeast, and helps ingredients combine
What is Water (or Milk)?
What baking ingredients can I add a tiny pinch of to egg whites can help them whip faster and hold air longer?
What is Cream of Tartar?
What fat has the highest smoke point?
What is Avocado oil?
What is Almond Flour?
What natural leavening agent is made by fermenting sugars with yeast, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol in dough?
What is Yeast?
What tiny amount of it in a recipe enhances flavor and balances sweetness?
What is Salt?
What ingredient mixed with water and heating it forms a sticky gel that can thicken pie fillings or stabilize gluten-free baked goods?
What is Cornstarch?
What fat is recommended when you want the lightest cake possible
What is oil?
What flour has lower protein content but perfect for making tender cakes and soft pastries?
What is Cake Flour?
What method of leavening uses air trapped in whipped eggs or cream to lighten the texture of sponge cakes and mousses
What is Mechanical Leavening?
What happens yeast dough is left to rest and rise, this process allows the dough to double in size
What is Proofing?
What molecule in chocolate is sensitive to temperature and can crystallize incorrectly, causing a dull, streaky finish called ‘bloom?
What is Cocoa Butter?
What is most plant based butters made of for the creamiest and equal substitution
What flour made from a legume is often combined with xanthan gum or eggs to mimic the elasticity and structure of wheat dough in gluten-free baking?
What is Chickpea Flour?
What chemical reaction in dough or batter not only produces carbon dioxide but also contributes to browning and complex flavors in baked goods?
What is the Maillard reaction?
What kitchen tool helps you measure flour accurately to avoid dry, dense baked goods?
What is a Kitchen Scale?
What sugar alcohol, often in sugar-free gum, can prevent baked goods from browning like regular sugar does?
What is xylitol?