Short crust pastry is the simplest and most common pastry. It is made with flour, fat, butter, salt, and water to bind the dough.
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What is a pastry?
A type of food used in dishes such as pies or strudel.
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What is cake?
It is a form of sweet dessert that is typically baked.
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What is the oldest type of cake?
Yeast cake
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What are sprinkles called in certain parts of the US?
jimmies
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What is flaky pastry?
Flaky pastry is a simple pastry that expands when cooked due to the number of layers. It bakes into a crisp, buttery pastry.
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What is a pastry bag?
An often cone-shaped bag that is used to make an even stream of dough, frosting, or flavored substance to form a structure, decorate a baked item, or fill a pastry with a custard, cream, jelly, or other filling
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What are typical cake ingredients?
flour, sugar, eggs, and butter or oil, with some recipes also requiring additional liquid and leavening agents
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Since cheesecakes aren't actually a cake, what are they?
custard pies
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What do commercial bakers use for the fat in their icing?
lard
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What is puff pastry?
Puff pastry has many layers that cause it to expand or “puff” when baked. Puff pastry is made using flour, butter, salt, and water.
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What is a pastry board?
A square or oblong board, preferably marble but usually wood, on which pastry is rolled out.
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What are commmon additives to cake?
dried, candied or fresh fruit, nuts, cocoa or extracts
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What do sponge cakes rely on?
trapped air in a protein matrix
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What are sprinkles made of?
Sugar and oil, covered in food colouring
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What is choux pastry?
Choux pastry is a very light pastry that is often filled with cream.
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What is a pastry case?
An uncooked or blind baked pastry container used to hold savory or sweet mixtures.
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What is the old norse name for cake?
kaka
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What is the french word for a decorated sponge cake?
gateau
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What are 3 types of icing?
Royal icing, marzipan, fondant icing, and buttercream
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What is phyllo?
Phyllo is paper-thin pastry dough that is used in many layers.
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What is pastry cream?
Confectioner's custard. Egg- and flour-thickened custard made with sweetened milk flavored with vanilla.
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What did the Greeks use as a leavener?
beer
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What are two examples of a butter cake?
pound cake and devils food
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What type of icing is the piped borders made from?