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Cakes, Fillings and Frostings

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Cakes, Fillings and Frostings

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Types of Cakes

 Shortened Cakes-contain fat such as butter, margarine, or shortening. Also called butter cakes.

Most are leavened with baking powder or baking soda.

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Types of Cakes

Pound cakes are a type of shortened cake that do not contain a chemical leavener.

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Types of Cakes

Unshortened Cakes-sometimes called foam cakes, contain no fat.

They are leavened by air, which is beaten into eggs, and by steam, which forms during baking.

Examples are angel food cake and sponge cake. The difference between these two is the egg content. Angel food cake contains just egg white. Sponge cakes contain the whole egg.

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Types of Cakes

Sponge cakes are made with an egg foam that contains yolks.

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Types of Cakes

Chiffon Cakes-are a cross between shortened and unshortened cakes. They contain a fat like shortened cakes and beaten egg whites like unshortened cakes.

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Panning and Scaling Cakes

Baking pans are usually coated with fat and flour or lined with parchment paper.

Commercial pan preparations are also available. Pans should be filled one-half to two-thirds full. Spread the batter evenly with an offset spatula. When making multiple cakes or multi-layer cakes,

fill the pans to the same level. Have the pans prepared before mixing the batter.

Pans should be filled as soon as possible after mixing is complete so that air cells in the batter will not collapse.

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Shortened Cakes

In order to get cakes consistent size, the batter is scaled before it is panned.

Place pans in the oven so the heat circulates freely around the cake.

The pans should not touch each other or any part of the oven—this creates hot spots and the cake will bake unevenly.

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Shortened Cakes

To test a cake for doneness-lightly touch the center with your fingertip. If the cake springs back, it is done.

You can also insert a toothpick in the center of the cake, if it comes out clean, the cake is done.

Look to see if the cake has pulled away from the sides of the pan.

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Shortened Cakes

Allow the cakes to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes.

To remove the cake from a pan, run the tip of a spatula around the sides of the cake to loosen. Invert the cooling rack over the top of the pan, and gently flip the cooling rack and the pan. Carefully remove the pan and place a second cooling rack on top of the cake. Turn the cake so that it is right side up. Let the cake layers cool before frosting.

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Angel Food Cakes

1. Beat the egg whites with some of the sugar

2. Carefully fold the flour and remaining sugar into the beaten egg whites.

3. Usually baked in an ungreased tube pan.

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Angel Food Cakes

The ingredients should be at room temperature. Egg whites that are cold will not achieve maximum volume when beaten.

After removing an angel food cake from the oven, immediately suspend the pan upside down over the neck of a bottle. This prevents the loss of volume during cooling. Cool completely before removing from pan.  

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Angel Food Cakes

A high quality unshortened cake has a large volume, spongy interior. It is tender and moist but not gummy.

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Sponge Cakes

1.  Beat the egg yolks until thick and lemon colored.

2.  Add the liquid, sugar and salt to the yolks. Continue beating until thickened.

3. Gently fold the flour into the yolk mixture.

4. Fold the beaten egg whites into the egg yolk mixture.

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Chiffon Cakes

1.  Combine the egg yolks, oil, liquid and flavoring with the dry ingredients.

2.  Beat the mixture until smooth.

3.  Beat the egg whites with the sugar and cream of tartar.

4.   Fold the egg white mixture into the other mixture.

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Fillings and Frostings

  Fluffy whipped cream, creamy puddings, and sweet fruits are popular fillings for cakes.

Spread the fillings between layers of cake or roll them into the center of a jelly roll. You can also spoon them into a cavity dug into the middle of the cake.

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Frosting a Cake

1. Brush crumbs from the surface of the layers.

2. Arrange strips of waxed paper on a cake plate. Cover only the edges of the plate.

3. Frost the top of the bottom layer.

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Frosting a Cake

4. Put the top layer on top of the frosting or filling. Frost the sides of the cake. Then frost the top of the cake.

5. Gently and slowly remove each piece of waxed paper from under the cake.

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Frostings

Cooked frostings-use the principles of candy making. They include ingredients that interfere with the formation of crystals in a heated sugar syrup. They you beat them until fluffy.

Uncooked frostings-are made by beating the ingredients together until they reach a smooth, spreadable consistency.

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Buttercream Frostings

Simple buttercream-made by combining butter, shortening, confectioner’s sugar, egg whites and vanilla.

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Buttercream Frostings

French buttercream-made with beaten egg yolks and butter.

Beat a boiling syrup into beaten egg yolks and whipping to a light foam.

Soft butter is then whipped in.

This is a very rich, light icing.

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Buttercream Frostings

Italian buttercream-made with Italian meringue and butter.

Italian meringue is made by beating a hot sugar syrup into the egg whites. Makes a very stable meringue.

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Making Italian Buttercream

Place the egg whites and water in bowl of a stand mixer. Whip until they begin to foam. Gradually add the sugar and continue whipping until the whites form stiff peaks.

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Making Italian Buttercream

Place the sugar in a medium sized saucepan. Slowly add the water and place the pan over medium high heat.

Cook the syrup until a thermometer reads 248º-250ºF.

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Making Italian Buttercream

Turn the mixer to low speed and carefully pour the syrup between the whisk and the side of the bowl.

Leave the mixer running and cool the meringue to 80ºF.

Add the butter- 2 Tablespoons at a time.

Add your favorite flavoring.

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Buttercream Frostings

German buttercream-made with butter, emulsified shortening and fondant-a sugar syrup.

Simply cream together equal parts fondant and butter.

Fondant is a cooked mixture of sugar, water and glucose or corn syrup added to encourage sugar crystallization.

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Buttercream Frostings

Swiss Buttercream-made with Swiss meringue and butter.

A Swiss meringue is made from egg whites and sugar that are warmed over a hot water bath while they are beaten. This warming gives the meringue better volume and stability.