baking vocab test 1

Question 1

pastry cream

Answer 1

a thick custard sauce with eggs and starch

Question 2

punching

Answer 2

method of expelling gases from fermented dough

Question 3

pastry flour

Answer 3

weak flour used for pastries and cookies

Question 4

streusel

Answer 4

crumbly topping for baked goods, fat, sugar, and flour rubbed together

Question 5

tempering

Answer 5

melting and cooling chocolate to a certain temp

Question 6

angel food cake

Answer 6

cake made w meringue and flour

Question 7

bread flour

Answer 7

strong flour for breads

Question 8

brown sugar

Answer 8

granulated sucrose w impurities that give it a distinct taste

Question 9

creaming

Answer 9

beating fat and sugar together to blend and incorporate air

Question 10

cobbler

Answer 10

a fruit dessert like pie but no bottom

Question 11

fermentation

Answer 11

yeast changes carbs into co2 gas and alcohol

Question 12

emulsion

Answer 12

unifrom mixture of 2 or more unmixable substances

Question 13

genoise

Answer 13

sponge cake made by whipping egg with sugar and folding in flour

Question 14

gluten

Answer 14

elastic substance formed by protiens in wheat flours, structure and strenght

Question 15

molassess

Answer 15

heavy brown syrup from sugarcane

Question 16

meringue

Answer 16

thick white foam, whipped eggs and suagr

Question 17

marble

Answer 17

partly mix two colors of cake

Question 18

whole wheat flour

Answer 18

grinding entire wheat kernel

Question 19

scaling

Answer 19

weighing ingredients

Question 20

sucrose

Answer 20

chem name for confections sugar and granulated

Question 21

patent flour

Answer 21

fine wheat flour

Question 22

retarding

Answer 22

refridgerating yeast dough to slow fermentation

Question 23

torte

Answer 23

german layer cakes

Question 24

spun sugar

Answer 24

boiled sugar made into long threads, dipping wires into sugar syrup

Question 25

wash

Answer 25

1. liquid brushed on before baking 2. apply such liquid

Question 26

batter

Answer 26

semi liquid batter w flour and starch (cakes breads)

Question 27

chem leavener

Answer 27

baking soda/powder

Question 28

confectioners sugar

Answer 28

sucrose ground into fine powder mixed w corn starch

Question 29

devils food cake

Answer 29

choc cake made w high percentage of baking soda gives it reddish color

Question 30

ganache

Answer 30

rich cream made of sweet choc and heavy cream

Question 31

gateau

Answer 31

french word for cake

Question 32

high ratio

Answer 32

1. cake formulas w more sugar than four 2. shortening

Question 33

glaze

Answer 33

1. shiny coating on food 2. make food shiny by putting a glaze om

Question 34

leavening

Answer 34

putting gases in a baked product to increae volume

Question 35

pasteurized

Answer 35

heat treated to kill bacteria

Question 36

zest

Answer 36

colored outer portion of peel of citrus fruit

Question 37

shortbread

Answer 37

crisp cookie made of butter flour and sugar

Question 38

sourdough

Answer 38

a dough leaved by a sourdough starter

Question 39

old dough

Answer 39

a dough that is overfermented