BASIC BUTTERCREAMS
Butter should be at this temperature to prepare optimum quality buttercream.
What is room temperature?
True or False: Rolled fondant can be placed directly over non-frosted or non-iced cakes.
What is False?
Standard procedure for ganache involves pouring this boiled liquid onto chopped chocolate.
What is boiled cream?
The first thin underlayer of icing applied to a cake to seal in loose crumbs.
What is a crumb coat?
Icings and frostings contribute to three main benefits: enhanced appearance, increased flavor, and this.
What is extended shelf life?
This type of meringue is added to lighten Italian buttercream.
What is Italian Meringue?
Cakes coated with rolled fondant can be decorated with buttercream or this traditional stiff icing.
What is royal icing?
Preparing ganache with 45% cocoa instead of 58–68% cocoa will result in this texture.
What is softer or runny?
When assembling a tiered cake, these wooden or plastic items are inserted into lower layers for support.
What are wooden dowels or plastic straws?
This traditional cake gets its name from the fact that it is soaked in three different types of milk.
What is Tres Leches?
French buttercream is prepared using this whipped egg yolk/whole egg mixture.
What is a bombe mixture?
Heating poured fondant to this specific Fahrenheit temperature prevents it from giving a cake an opaque, even appearance.
What is 120°F?
Mixing cream cheese icing at this speed will trap air and cause it to become thin and runny.
What is high speed?
Coating the sides of an iced cake with chopped nuts, cake crumbs, or chocolate flakes is called this.
What is side masking?
Buttercream-iced cakes achieve a far more desirable eating texture when allowed to come to this state before serving.
What is room temperature?
This mixer attachment should be used when mixing simple or American buttercream.
What is the paddle attachment?
Poured fondant and rolled fondant cannot be used in place of each other because they are not this.
What is interchangeable?
Foam icing, commonly known as boiled icing, is essentially this type of meringue.
What is an Italian meringue?
A decorative lined pattern can be applied to the sides or top of an iced cake using a serrated knife or this tool.
What is a cake comb?
True or False: Once a cake is coated with rolled fondant, it is often placed in the freezer for later final decorating.
What is False?
These two preparation mistakes will cause French or Italian buttercream to turn out too soft and runny.
What are adding butter to warm batter and using melted butter?
Before coating a cake with rolled fondant, it is false that you must store the cake here for 4 hours or overnight.
What is the freezer?
This specific type of icing is recognized by its thin outer crust and soft, moist interior.
What is fudge icing?
Rather than using high mixer speeds or an oven, this gentle double-boiler setup is the best method to soften refrigerated buttercream.
What is a bain-marie?
This is the primary reason cream cheese frosting turns out too soft and thin during preparation.
What is mixing on high speed?