Baking Terms
To use a whisk, spoon, or fork to combine two or more ingredients.
What is to mix?
This term is used to describe a spoonful of soft food such as whipped cream or mashed potatoes.
What is a dollop?
This dessert originated from France. It is a soft pastry cream with a thin, crisp caramel layer. It is also known as a burnt cream.
What is a creme brulee?
This ingredient can be used in most baked goods, from chewy breads to light biscuits and scones. It is sold bleached or unbleached. There are different types of this ingredient including, cake, pastry and bread.
What is all-purpose flour?
A British chef who is known for his harsh criticism.
Who is Gordon Ramsay?
A flour and liquid mixture that is stiff enough to knead or shape with your hands.
What is dough?
To cut food into very small (1/8 to 1/4 inch) cubes.
What is to dice?
An Italian version of ice cream that is more soft-served than traditional American ice cream.
What is gelato?
This soft-textured, hearty-tasting sugar is white sugar flavored with molasses.
His notable tv shows include, Boy Meets Grill, Iron Chef America, Throwdown with ___, and Beat ____.
Who is Bobby Flay?
To beat butter with sugar until light and fluff.
What is to cream?
A term used to describe doneness. Pastas, grains and some vegetables can be cooked this way, which when done, feels firm and chewy.
What is al dente?
This Japanese dessert is a glutinous rice that is pounded into a paste and molded into a circular shape. It is often wrapped around a small scoop of ice cream.
What is mochi?
This chemical leavener helps to make dough and batter rise.
What is baking soda?
Known for his tv shows, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Guy's Big Bite. He has been given the nickname the Prince of Flavortown.
Who is Guy Fieri?
Using your hands, fold, push and turn dough with pressure until it is firm, stretchy, and no longer sticky. This technique develops the gluten in the flour that gives strength to the breads.
What is kneading?
A cut of meat or fish that does not contain any bones.
What is a fillet?
Dozens of delicate layers melt into a single tender bite in this syrupy confection, which is among the sweetest legacies of the Ottoman Empire. This dessert is filled with ground nuts and dripping with honeyed syrup.
What is baklava?
Some baked goods rely on this powder, which is typically used to thicken sauces and other recipes.
What is cornstarch?
Who is Rachael Ray?
This thin layer of frosting that is applied to the cake to keep crumbs "trapped" so that they don't appear on the final layer of frosting.
What is a crumb coat?
This French technique that roughly means "to jump in the pan." It is when smaller pieces of food are cooked in a little fat over high heat in a shallow pan.
What is saute?
This fluffy sponge cake that contains three milks: condensed milk, evaporated milk and cream. This dessert originated from Mexico and Central America.
What is tres leches cake?
This vegetable fat is sometimes used in place of or in addition to butter to create more tender, flexible baked goods like cookies and pie crusts.
What is shortening?
This chef is the queen of cookbooks, a spy in WWII and was on the famous tv show, The French Chef.
Who is Julia Child?