Types of cakes
Shortened cake
Type of fat
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- solid fat such as shortening or butter
Texture
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- tender, moist and velvety
Example
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- pound or butter cake
Unshortened cake
Type of fat
•
- no fat
Texture
•
- light and fluffy
Leavening agent
- air and steam
Examples
- angel food cake
Unshortened continued
When preparing…beat egg whites and fold in flour
To cool…turn upside down
Pan type used…tube pan
Important vocabulary
- fold – gently combine ingredients from the bottom to the
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top
- egg foam soft peak stage stiff peak stage
Precaution - getting egg yolk in the mixture
Questions
• What cake did we make
yesterday?
• How do you know?