Making Cakes

Cakes are usually served as desserts.

• true

• false

The main ingredients used to make cakes are flour , fat ,sugar ,eggs and cream

• true

• false

Flour provides the cake with structure

• true

• false

There are 3 types of cakes and 4 methods of preparing cakes

• true 

• false

Eggs , baking powder and baking soda are used as raising agents in cakes

• true

• false

The general proportion of fat to flour for plain cakes is

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 3/4

Air may be added to cakes by rubbing fat into flour , creaming sugar and fat or whisking eggs

• true

• false

Cakes made by the whisking method are called

• gingerbreads

• plain cakes

• rich cakes

• sponge cakes

This type of cake contains no fat

• creamed

• whisked

• plain

• melted

Cakes made by the ________________ method do not keep very long as they are made with a smaller proportion of fat to flour

• Rubbing In

• Creaming

• Whisking

• Melting