Cake & Icing
Cake batter method in which the fat and sugar are creamed together to produce a very fine crumb and a dense, rich texture.
What is creaming method?
_____________ is a thick custard sauce used to fill Eclairs & Creme Buffs. It is made up of eggs, sugar, flour, corn starch & milk.
What is Creme Patisserie (or Pastry Cream)?
Chocolate that has a white coating, indicating that it has been melted and recrystallized.
What is bloom?
What are three types of dough used for yeast breads?
What are Rich, Lean and Sour dough?
In baking, ingredients are giving percentages in relation to
What is flour?
What is fondant?
Classic Pie dough made from a ratio of flour, fat, and water.
What is 3-2-1 dough?
The process of melting chocolate gently to ensure that it will harden evenly and with a good shine.
What is tempering?
Above what temperature will yeast die?
What is 120*
Which baking ingredient makes baked good moist, adds flavor, and keeps baked items fresh
What is fat?
Type of icing that is a French word referring to a smooth mixture of chocolate & cream.
What is Ganache?
The procedure for preparing a prefaced pie shell. It is pierced with a fork, filled with a weight and baked, then filled with a pre-cooked filling
What is blind baking?
When tempering chocolate, first heat the chocolate to between
What is 110-120?
What is the process of preparing dough by pressing the mixture of ingredients together with your hands, to help develop the gluten to give the dough its proper texture?
What is kneading?
Baking soda and baking powder are what type of leavening agent
What is chemical?
Most popular icing used on cupcakes and most American Style birthday cakes?
What is Buttercream?
Dough made from layering approximately 1,500 layers of butter throughout the dough. Also known as a laminated dough, or roll-in dough.
What is puff pastry?
Chocolate should be stored
What is a cool, dry place (or room temperature)?
What is the term used in baking that means to let the dough rest in a warm place so it can rise the final time?
What is proofing?
Which ingredient in baking gives stability and ensures that the baked item doesn't collapse?
What is Strengthener?
Icing that is the most popular to use on iced cookies, as well as gingerbread houses?
A cooked dough used to make creme puffs, eclairs & a croquembuche.
What is Pate Choux?
Type of chocolate tempering method where you heat 1/3 of the chocolate, then remove from heat and add the additional chocolate to cool it down.
What is seeding?
The name of a bread that is made from chemical leaveners, not yeast or eggs. Examples are biscuits, muffins, scones & banana bread, pancakes & waffles.
What are quick breads?
What type of cookie includes macarons, ladyfingers, tea cookies, and are made by forcing soft dough through a pastry bag?
What is bagged (or piped)?