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Cake baking and mixing

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when 2 ingredients don't mix?

a)

Compulsion

b)

Emulsion

c)

Chemistry

d)

Sponge

2.

What are the 4 main ingredients in cakes?

a)

Milk

b)

Eggs

c)

Baking soda

d)

Fats

e)

Flour

3.

Which ingredient provides structure and absorbs liquids. A dryer.

a)

Sugar

b)

Eggs

c)

Flour

d)

Fat

4.

Baking soda and baking powder are these types of leaveners.

a)

Physical

b)

Chemical

5.

Which ingredient is binding?

a)

Flour

b)

Sugar

c)

Fats

d)

Eggs

6.

What ingredient provides tenderness?

a)

Fats

b)

Sugar

c)

Flour

d)

Egg whites

7.

What ingredient is used to stabilize whipped cream?

a)

Cornstarch

b)

Sugar

c)

Egg whites

8.

What part of the egg provides the most flavor?

a)

Whites

b)

Yolks

9.

What type of flour is best used when making cake?

a)

AP flour

b)

Cake flour

c)

High Gluten flour

10.

What is whipped cream mixed with sugar and vanilla called?

a)

Chantilly cream

b)

Diplomat cream

c)

Pastry cream

11.

What icing is best suited for Red Velvet cake?

a)

American buttercream

b)

Swiss buttercream

c)

Non Dairy whipped topping

d)

Cream cheese icing

12.

What icing is best used when trying to achieve sharp edges on a cake?

a)

Non Dairy whipped topping

b)

Chocolate Ganache

c)

Sugar/fondant icing

d)

American buttercream

13.

What 2 ingredients are used to make simple syrup?

a)

Water

b)

Baking Soda

c)

Flour

d)

Sugar

14.

In French, mousse translates to?

a)

Diplomat cream

b)

Chantilly cream

c)

Foam

d)

Bavarian cream

15.

True or False? When filling your cake with fresh fruit, you do not need a secondary filling.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What ingredient is found in Bavarian cream but not mousse.

a)

Pate a bombe

b)

Whipped Cream

c)

Gelatin

17.

Which cream is most like vanilla pudding?

a)

Pastry cream

b)

Diplomat cream

c)

Chantilly cream

18.

Which cake batter is the most difficult to make?

a)

Box

b)

Chiffon

c)

Liquid Shortening

d)

Angel Food

19.

Which cake batter is mostly egg whites?

a)

Angel food

b)

Liquid shortening sponge

c)

Chiffon

20.

What buttercream is known as "grease cream"

a)

Italian

b)

Swiss

c)

American

21.

Which buttercream is mostly yellow and rich?

a)

French

b)

Swiss

c)

American

d)

Italian

22.

Which ingredient in buttercream gives a smooth mouthfeel?

a)

Shortening

b)

Butter

c)

Egg Whites

d)

Sugar

23.

What ingredient is not in Italian, Swiss, or French buttercream?

a)

Egg whites/yolks

b)

Sugar

c)

Shortening

d)

Butter

24.

What is the standard ratio of ingredients in chocolate ganache?

a)

1:1

b)

1:2

c)

2:1

25.

When I was little, was my favorite part to eat on a birthday cake?

a)

The icing

b)

The borders

c)

The roses

d)

The whole cake