Basic knowledge of baking
Basic knowledge of baking

Basic knowledge of baking. Baked food is made by baking grains. This kind of food is very popular with people, so many people also want to bake some food in their own homes. Then let's share the basic knowledge of baking with you.

Basic knowledge of baking 1 1, sieving without flour.

When I first came into contact with baking, Xiaoyou also felt that sieving flour was a waste of time. Later I learned that sieving is actually a very important step.

Sieving can remove the caking in flour, ensure that your cake will not dry and caking, and at the same time, sieving can increase the air in the cake and make the cake more bulky.

2. The batter is not stirred evenly.

Uneven mixing of raw materials, especially raw materials with different colors, will cause eddies with different colors on the cake surface. But don't stir too much, too much air will be stirred into the batter, which will cause the cake to collapse. The skill of stirring is also very important. Stir and cut, so that the product will look good!

3. Bake mold powder or brush oil.

Brushing oil on the mold can make you demould very smoothly. Regardless of the consequences of brushing oil, it is estimated that it will drive you crazy! Of course, if some products do not need to be oiled or powdered, you can also choose the use method according to the product description.

4. Improper selection of baking mould.

When choosing a mold, you must choose it according to your own formula. Never use an 8-inch cake baking tray with 9-inch cake batter, which will easily overflow or form a huge mountain peak in the middle of the cake. If the mold is too small, you can put a few more and bake cupcakes with the remaining batter. If the mold is too big, remember to reduce the baking time appropriately.

5, oil-free paper

If you want to bake a particularly soft cake, you'd better use a piece of oiled paper, which is more convenient when you take the product.

6. Open the oven door when baking.

Many friends always want to open the oven to see if it is cooked when they are waiting for the products in the oven. In this case, it is easy to cause oven temperature fluctuation, which eventually leads to unqualified products!

7. I am eager to eat cake as soon as I get out of the pot.

Xiaoyou used to want to eat bread or cake just out of the pot, but he found that this hasty eating method could not make him eat the best food. Little friends should not learn from Xiaoyou, but wait patiently for a period of time to better enjoy the delicious cakes and bread.

Basic knowledge of baking 2 1, making western-style cookies and desserts (cookies, butter cookies, chocolate cookies, salt and pepper cookies, chessboard cookies, DIY cookies, lady finger, milk cookies, chocolate peanut cookies, walnut chip cookies, puffs, egg tarts, Cantonese moon cakes, Yunnan moon cakes, granny cakes, etc. ).

2. Making European cakes and small cakes (Qifeng cake, sponge cake, angel cake, tiger skin cake, rainbow cake, cupcake, Swiss cake roll, marble cake, honeycomb cake, fruit cake, matcha cake, chocolate cake, honey Melaleuca cake, pudding, jelly, etc.). )

3. Mass bread making (soft rice bread making, breakfast bread making, pineapple bread, Mexican bread, souffle bread, caterpillar bread, honey bean bread, ham and corn bread, blended fruit bread, toast, red bean toast, jujube toast, coconut toast, Mediterranean bread, red bean raisin bread, cheese bread, Hokkaido bread, matcha bread, cream bread, cotton bread, etc.)

4. Decoration and birthday cake making (cake embryo making, cream pie making, round cake embryo making, cake decoration such as rose, lily, peony flower, Phalaenopsis, five petals flower, flowers and birthday cake making, etc.). )

5. European birthday cake making (cream pie, heart-shaped cake embryo making, diamond-shaped cake embryo making, fruit paste decoration, blessing language making, cake lace decoration, flower basket making, European chocolate fruit cake making, creative theme birthday cake making, etc.). ).

Basic knowledge of baking III. What is baking for?

Baking, also known as barbecue and baking, is the process of putting the prepared food blank into the oven for high temperature baking, dehydration, drying and hardening. Compared with other daily pasta, such as steamed bread, the only difference is that steamed bread is cooked with steam, while the food in baking is cooked in the oven, which is why many people say that bread, cakes, biscuits and so on are easy to get angry.

Baked products generally include: bread, cakes, biscuits and other miscellaneous products. Such as egg tart, pudding, etc. Baking is more complicated. Not only is it necessary to master the use of tools accurately, but more importantly, the proportion of different raw materials is very important. This is a very delicate industry and requires great patience.

And cooking is not easy. So if you want to learn baking at first, you must have a solid basic knowledge, understand it well and lay a good foundation. Only in the future can you learn more advanced baking more easily, which requires our patience, care and persistence.

Second, tools

1, oven

The first tool for baking is the oven. First of all, you have to buy an oven that suits you, thoroughly study its function and use, and find out its temper. Different ovens have different tempers. When you first get started, buy a few hundred dollars, which is completely enough. There are instructions when buying an oven, and there are many tutorials online. First of all, you should be proficient in the most basic use and operation of the oven. In addition, in order to use the oven better, many other gadgets are needed.

Such as baking pans, grills, hot gloves, tin foil, oiled paper, etc. These are the most basic gadgets. Although it is small, the critical moment is really indispensable. The use of the oven is mainly based on different production, adjusting different temperatures, time and heating methods.

2, chef machine

Chef machine is inseparable, because it saves time and effort, is convenient and fast, and makes us get twice the result with half the effort when baking. Its main functions are: kneading dough, squeezing, slicing, stirring, beating eggs, juicing, mincing meat and so on. What a good helper for baking.

3. Others

There are too many other gadgets with gadgets, at least dozens or hundreds, such as: egg beater (manual/electric), scraper, sieve mold: cake mold, bread mold, toast mold, egg tart mold, biscuit mold, etc. Too many pots and pans: You need many professional pots and pans when baking, and these things are very easy to use when baking.

Third, ingredients

1, flour

Flour is the most basic, because basically most baking is inseparable from it, and it is also the main raw material. Flour is mainly wheat flour, which is mainly divided into low gluten flour, medium gluten flour and high gluten flour, and is classified according to the content of protein.

① Low-gluten flour: The content of protein is below 8.5%, that is to say, the flour with the lowest gluten is easy to form dough by hand, and is generally used to make crisp foods, such as biscuits, muffins, peach cakes and other Chinese cakes.

② Medium gluten flour: protein content is between 9.5~ 12.0%, and gluten is moderate. Like ordinary flour used in our daily life, this kind of medium-gluten flour can be said to be the most widely used flour, such as steamed buns, steamed buns, dumpling skins, noodles and so on.

③ High-gluten flour: The content of protein is about 12.5% or more, which has strong activity, is not easy to agglomerate by hand and has strong gluten, so it is usually used to make bread and toast. For example, the drawing effect in bread is related to this high-gluten texture.

2. Oil

There are too many kinds of oil, which can be basically divided into two categories: animal oil and vegetable oil. Among these two kinds of oils, there are too many kinds of oils, such as cream and butter. In particular, this kind of butter is divided into salt-added and salt-free, and butter is also the most commonly used oil in baking.

3. Others

There are too many other kinds of ingredients, such as eggs, sugar (white sugar/brown sugar/maltose/honey, etc.). ) and various starches. Summary: The above is my summary. No matter what you do, there are certain rules. If you want to learn to be a teacher, you need to pay a lot of hardships, especially baking, which is a complicated and subtle process.