Culinary I Final Review (1-50)

If a baker were to over-handle the dough while preparing biscuits, what is the most likely result?

• Deformed biscuits
• Tough biscuits
• Tender biscuits
• Flaky biscuits

When preparing cookies by the creaming method, which ingredients must be mixed first?

• Shortening and sugar
• Shortening and eggs
• Flour and eggs
• Flour and sugar

The original recipe yields 14 dozen and uses 12 oz shortening. To make 28 dozen, how much shortening should be used?

• 20 ounces
• 1 pound 8 ounces
• 2 pounds
• 3 pounds

Hollie is preparing oatmeal raisin cookies for a catering event. What is a sign that the cookies are done baking?

• They are aromatic
• They are brown all over
• They are just firm enough to handle
• There is no browning.

Jessica is frosting a lemon poppy seed layer cake for a wedding and she notices the layers contain a hump. What is the best technique to result in a even, symmetrical, finished wedding cake?

• Remove the hump from the middle layer.
• Remove the hump from both layers with a bread knife
• Arrange both layers with humps together.
• Arrange both layers with the bottoms together

Which statement about making foam cakes is false?

• They contain no fat.
• They are removed from the pan for cooling.
• The cake pan is not greased
• Egg whites and steam function as the leavening agents

Which type of flour has the addition of baking powder and salt?

• Self-rising flour
• Cake flour
• Bread flour
• All-purpose flour

Denis is baking a butter cake. While baking, the cake rose and then fell, causing a heavy texture. What could have caused this?

• Oven temperature too low
• Oven temperature too high
• Overmixed
• Oven light left on

Which ingredient supplies moisture in a high-ratio layer cake recipe?

• Flour
• Milk
• Shortening
• Sugar

How should cakes be prepared for freezer storage?

• Wrap the cake with plastic, and place it in an airtight plastic bag
• Wrap the cake loosely with foil
• Freeze the unwrapped cake in a box
• Freeze multiple layers in the same package