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Pastry
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Custards
Formulas
100

Beating sugar and fat together to incorporate air. 

What is creaming?

100

The best flour choice for making puff and choux pastry.

What is bread flour?

100

When piping a shell border, this tip is used in the piping bag.

What is star?

100

How bread pudding is served.

What is warm?
100

100% flour, 100% butter, 100% whole egg, 70% sugar.

What is pound cake?

200

In this mixing method, eggs are added in one at a time.

What is the creaming method?

200

The leavener for puff pastry and choux pastry.

What is steam?

200

Traditional icing on a Black Forest Cake.

What is whipped cream?

200

Baked custards are sometimes baked in this to prevent drying and cracking the top.

What is a water bath?

200

100% cake flour, 340% sugar, 7% cream of tartar, 480% egg white.

What is Angel Food cake?

300

A probable cause of toughness in a finished cake.

What is over mixing?

300

When making puff pastry, the amount of butter/shortening should equal the amount of flour used to make the dough.

What is true?

300

The temperature sugar syrup is cooked to for French and Italian buttercream.

What is 116C?

300

The three components of Bavarian cream.

What is gelatin, creme anglaise, and whipped cream.

300

100% cake flour, 150% sugar, 50% vegetable oil, 52% egg yolk. 

What is Chiffon cake?

400

Angel food, genoise, sponge, and chiffon all benefit from this mixing method.

What is the foaming method?

400

The fat for puff pastry should be spread over.

What is one-half to two-thirds of the dough surface?

400

The two functions of icing.

What is protect cakes and discourage staling?

400

Can be boiled despite having eggs due to the addition of cornstarch.

What is pastry cream?

400

100% cake flour, 170% sugar, 280% whole egg.

What is sponge cake?

500

The temperature caramel sugar is cooked to.

What is 160-170C?

500

A tall tower made from profiteroles. 

What is a croquembouche?

500

Where icing should be applied to first when frosting a cake. 

What is the top?

500

The base for French style ice cream.

What is creme anglaise?

500

100% cake flour, 115% sugar, 10% emulsified shortening, 100% whole egg.

What is high-ratio or emulsified?

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