Cake Decorating

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Can anyone answer these questions about cakes?

What does the term mixing method refer to in cooking?

1Mixing
To beat or stir two or more foods together until they are thoroughly combined.

#2 Knowing how to measure baking ingredients is important because if you don’t use the precise amounts, your recipe won’t turn out right.

#3 Fondant,and Marzipan # 3B?

#4 Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. When it comes out clean with a few crumbs adhering, the cake is done.
Look at the edges of the cake. When they start to pull away from the sides of the pan, the cake is done.
Touch the surface of the cake near the center—it should bounce back to the touch without leaving a finger imprint.

#5 The shortened cake is made from flour, nonfat dry milk solids, egg, fat, sugar, salt and baking powder. These ingredients are mixed so all three dispersion systems are produced in a cake batter. Suspensions of egg, starch, flour particles, and fat globules. The proteins also may be present as a colloidal dispersion.The component ingredients themselves likely contribute to each of these dispersion systems.
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Bonus Answers on cakes.

FOAM CAKES: Strictly speaking, a foam cake contains no leavening or fat other than provided by the eggs; baking powder and baking soda are not necessary in these recipes. As a result, it is important to preheat the oven and have the baking pans ready in advance. These cakes need to be baked as soon as they are ready or the egg whites will deflate; they will do so after about 5 minutes of sitting on the countertop ! Because Foam Cakes are so light and airy, they should be cut with a serrated knife in a sawing motion to cut. An electric knife is helpful, too.

Charlottes: These molded desserts are a variation of the cake in which fillings – hot or cold – are poured into a bowl lined with bread, ladyfingers or pieces of cake, then decorated. A French pastry chef invented the charlotte in the 1800s. The classic version is the Charlotte Russe. Also try such flavors as chocolate, eggnog, strawberry, Bavarian cream.

Meringue cakes: Made from beaten egg whites and sugar, meringue is used as a leavening agent in some cake batters or to lighten a souffle or mousse. Baked by themselves into rings or other shapes, meringues make for light and pretty cakes filled with fruit or ice cream. They can be family size or baked as individual servings.

Rolls: These are a form of sponge-cake, baked in a shallow pan and used for jellyrolls or such holiday cakes as the Christmas “yule log,” an especially nice variation. Rolls are immediately removed from the pan and rolled up in a sugared tea towel after baking. When cool, they are unrolled gently, filled with jelly, custard or icings and rerolled. For the yule log (Buche de Noel), fill and ice with chocolate buttercream, then decorate with leaves, “branches,” meringue mushrooms and woodland animals – a crowd-pleaser!
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How to decorate Gingerbread Houses

Tala Cake Decorating Turntable $6.5 This handy revolving cake decorating turntable runs on steel ball bearings for a smooth action – so you can concentrate on being creative. It has a 255mm diameter and an hygienic wipe clean plastic surface.

The Home Guide to Cake Decorating $10.39 Author: Jane Price. RRP: £12.99. This compact, portable, user-friendly guide is the definitive reference book for all cake decorating enthusiasts. Cake decorating is a fabulous mixture of cookery and art, with a sprinkling of inspiration, precise care and reckless use of the imagination. This book will lead the novice through the simplest basics, but also contains great ideas and fantastic creations to inspire experienced sugarcrafters. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781740453677. Published: 01/11/2004. Publisher: Murdoch Books. Genre: Food and Drink. Total pages: 432. Free delivery by post. This item will be delivered free, by post, usually in 4 working days (depending on your local postal service).

The Essential Guide to Cake Decorating $10.39 Free delivery by post. This item will be delivered free, by post, usually in 4 working days (depending on your local postal service). Publisher: Murdoch Books. Genre: Food and Drink. Total pages: 304. Published: 01/02/2007. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781740455411. If you have never baked before then this is the book to show you how to do it. The book also contains great ideas and fantastic creations to inspire experienced sugar crafters. The Essential Guide to Cake Decorating’ will lead a newcomer through the simplest basics of this wonderful, colourful pastime. RRP: £12.99. Author: Murdoch.

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