Cake: Creaming and Whisking

Why is it important to preheat oven before baking?

• To allow circulation of hot air evenly

• To prevent cake from overcooked

• To prevent loss of hot air

• To allow cool air to rise

Why is it important to grease and line cake tin before baking?

• To help cake mixture rise easily

• To prevent cake mixture to stick to cake tin

• To prevent cake from getting overcooked

• To make cake moist

Read the recipe below:

INGREDIENTS:

50g plain flour

50g sugar

2 eggs

Guess the method of making this cake.

• Creaming method

• Whisking method

• Rubbing-in method

• Melting method

Read the recipe below:

INGREDIENTS:

100g plain flour

100g fat

100g sugar

2 eggs

1/2 tsp baking powder

Guess the method of making this cake.

• Creaming method

• Whisking method

• Rubbing-in method

• Melting Method

Why is it important to sift flour when making cake? (Recall HW Raising Agent)

• To allow sugar to dissolve easily when creaming

• To allow flour to mix easily during folding in

• To make cake light and fluffy

• To incorporate air

Read the cake recipe below.

INGREDIENTS:

100g plain flour

100g fat

100g sugar

2 eggs

1/2 tsp baking powder

Name a suitable FAT that can be used to make the cake

Read the cake recipe below:

INGREDIENTS:

100g plain flour

100g fat

100g sugar

2 eggs

1/2 tsp baking powder

State the raising agent used in this recipe.

• plain flour

• fat

• sugar

• baking powder

This is a cake recipe made using whisking method.

INGREDIENTS:

50g plain flour

50g sugar

2 eggs

State the raising agent used to make this cake (recall HW Raising Agent)

• air

• plain flour

• sugar

• eggs

Complete the steps below on whisking method:

1.     ______ flour.

2.     Whisk ______ and ______.

3.     Fold in flour using _______.

• Beat - fat - sugar -metal spoon

• Beat - fat - sugar - wooden spoon

• Sift - egg - sugar -metal spoon

• Sift - egg - sugar -wooden spoon

Complete the steps below on creaming method:

1.     Sift ______

2.     Cream ______ and sugar.

3.     Add beaten ______.

4.     ______ in flour using metal spoon.

• Flour - fat - egg - beat

• Flour - fat - egg - fold

• Flour - egg - milk - fold

• Flour - egg - milk- beat