Yum, Yum, everyone likes to eat Cake!

So what is Cake?

Cake is everyones favourite type of dessert. It is usually made to celebrate special occasions or included with gift hampers, however, more often than not it is eaten for morning or afternoon tea.  

What are the main ingredients of Cake?

Cakes are made by carefully combining wet ingredients  for example milk and eggs together with dry ingredients (like sugar and flour) to make a batter which is then baked in an oven.  This general process is known as the muffin method, because they generally are made this way, however much simpler to make.

Just like bread the cakes rise in the oven because of many thousands of air bubbles. As cakes and breads rise in the oven, the air bubbles expand. This is why the cake batter expands in the pan (often to twice its original size).

There are two ways of forming the air bubbles.

The First method is Creamed Fat:  These cakes are made with butter or another fat, like vegetable shortening. The fat should not be a liquid or a solid at room temperature; it should feel like playdough. By mixing the sugar with the fat, one creates lots of tiny holes which are filled with very small air bubbles. Most birthday cakes are made this way. Cupcakes are also made this way.

The Second Method is Egg Foam:  Egg foam cakes are made by whipping egg whites (which have no fat at all) for a very long time with sugar to create a very delicate and light batter. These cakes are typically much taller, lighter and often spongier than creamed fat cakes. A common example of an egg foam cake is angelfood cake, which can be found at most grocery stores with bakeries. Chiffon cake is another good example.

As you can see these create different types of cakes, however almost every kind of cake uses one of these methods. 


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