Cake Doughnuts
6 types of common finishes
Cinnamon sugar, 4x sugar, fondant, fudge icing, coconut, chopped nuts
Mixing method for yeast doughnuts
Modified Straight Dough
ammonium carbonate
This type of frying fat can leave a residue in your mouth when eating
Solid shortening
What can cause light color in a doughnut when frying
low cooking temperature, low sugar content, over-proofed, low in eggs or fat
Mixing the batter too long or not resting after cutting can have this affect on cake doughnuts
Too tough
How is a sweet bun dough modified to make a yeast doughnut dough?
Reduce egg, butter and sugar
average weight of a cruller
50 grams
This could cause excessive foaming in the oil while frying
too much flour
This type of doughnut should be rested before cooking
Yeast and cake
Both are acceptable methods
Over-proofing the dough could have this affect on a yeast doughnut
Greasy
2 other items that can be made with a similar dough to crullers
cream puffs and eclairs
How to prepare the frying oil before frying
What shape of doughnut is best used for filling with jam or custard?
Circle or long john
The inside texture of a cake doughnut should be____
moist and crumbly
When cooking yeast doughnuts, when do you turn them over in the fryer?
after one side is sufficiently brown
French doughnut
How often should frying oil be filtered?
Everyday, if used
Doughnuts are popular in this part of the world
Everywhere
There is a type of fried dough in most cultures around the world
The outside texture of a cake doughnut should be_____
Slightly crusty, smooth on one side, "burst" or slightly jagged on the other
A type of doughnut made with chicken or fish
Fritter
How long should crullers be fried for?
longer than other doughnut types - sometimes up to 12 minutes
What characteristics make a good frying oil?
neutral oil, high smoke point
canola, peanut, safflower, sunflower,