In ancient Rome, they used what to sweeten their cakes?
Honey
300
What is a sweet, yellowish paste of ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites, often colored and used to make small cakes or confections or as an icing for larger cakes.
Marzipan
300
True or False. Un clarified butter is virtually water free.
False.
300
Cake is in the same family as?
Pastries, meringues, custards and pies.
400
Which kind of cake rely on the combination of butter, eggs, and sometimes baking powder to provide both lift and a moist texture?
Butter Cake
400
The Greeks invented what in the makings of cake? (Three possible answers)
Beer as a leavener, frying fritters in olive oil, and cheesecakes using goat's milk.
400
What is a Phyllo (Filo)?
A paper-thin pastry dough that is used in many layers.
400
What is added to dough to slow the development of gluten?
Fats or Oils
400
Cake can be topped or filled with?
Fuit preserves or dessert sauces (like pastry cream), iced with buttercream or other icings, and decorated with marzipan, piped borders, or candied fruit.
500
What vartiety of cake provides a easy and quick way to make them for cooks who are not accomplished bakers?
Cake Mix.
500
Which poet refers to the birthday of him and his brother with party and cake in his first book of exile, Tristia?
Latin poet Ovid
500
Viennoiserie is?
French term for "Viennese pastry," which, although it technically should be yeast raised, is now commonly used as a term for many laminated and puff- and choux-based pastries, including croissants, brioche, and pain.
500
True or False. Gluten makes bread elastic and tough.
True.
500
Cake is often served at which ceremonial occasions?