Baking Essentials

1. What is the basic ingredient in baking that add color, texture, flavor and richness to the batter; act as stabilizer in mixture and helps to bind all the other ingredients together.

• egg                                 

•                              

    flour                               

   

•                                   shortening  

    

   

•                                 sugar  

   

The following liquid ingredients used in baking EXCEPT;

                                  

• milk

• egg

• shortening

• flavoring

It is present in egg yolk which is responsible for its emulsifying property.

• Lecithin

• Ovalbumin

• Mucin

• Chalazae

What is the substitute ingredients for 1 cup of All-Purpose Flour?

• 1 cup all-purpose flour minus 2 tablespoons

• cup + 2Tbsp Cake flour, ¾ cup Whole Wheat Flour, 1 cup Bread Flour

• 1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 teaspoon wheat glute

• 1cup + 2Tbsp Cake flour, 2/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour, 1 cup Bread Flour

The following are techniques in measuring liquid ingredients EXCEPT:

 

• Place the measuring cup on a flat, even surface.

• Pour the liquid carefully and slowly into the cup.

• Check your measurement. Bend down so that your eyes level with the        marker line. Look at the side of the liquid

• Stop pouring when the liquid reaches the marker line for the desired       amount