Specialty Cakes
Used to line a cake ring
Acetate
Lightly sweetened whipped cream with vanilla
Creme Chantilly
This ingredient can improve the body of a ganache
Butter
How long could creme anglaise stay at room temperature
under one hour
What is a meringue?
An aerated mixture of sugar and egg whites
A tiny eclair or one bite fondant covered cake
Petit four "glacee"
The best sugar for sweetening whipped cream
confectioners or icing sugar
This ingredient can increase smoothness in a ganache
glucose
Creme anglaise is cooked to this temperature?
82C
Meringue can be used to lighten which chocolate item?
Chocolate mousse.
A tiny one to two bite cookie
Petit four "Sec"
soft
Is hard or soft ganache used for glazing
soft
Unlike creme anglaise, pastry cream needs to be?
Boiled
The most stable meringue
Italian
This type of cake is used for European style cakes because it is strong enough for handling
Sponge
What is best used to make chocolate whipped cream
melted couverature
The issue with working with whipped ganache is?
It gets hard so needs to be used right away
The best way to cool a creme anglaise quickly is?
a ice bath
French and Swiss
An small individual cake slice is referred to as?
french pastry
At what point is it best to add sugar when whipping whipped cream?
closer to the end
What is ganache?
a smooth mixture of couverature and cream
How do you avoid clumps of egg yolk, when mixing sugar and egg yolks together for custards?
Stir/whisk them immediately together
Not a meringue question.... What could you brush a cake or pastry with to provide a smooth surface for glazing and prevent crumbs.
Hot apricot glaze