How are cakes made in easy steps?
Typical batter-type cake (all colour flavour)
Ingredient | Baker’s % |
Chlorinated soft wheat flour (air classified, short patent) | 100.0 |
Table sugar (refined, granulated sucrose) | 100.0–180.0 |
Shortening (cake or all purpose) | 40.0–50.0 |
Water | 70.0–120.0 |
Whole eggs (liquid) | 60.0–90.0 |
Natural cocoa, dutch cocoa, chocolate | 10.0–20.0 |
Non-fat dry milk | 8.0–12.0 |
Salt | 3.0–4.0 |
Baking powder | 4.0–6.0 |
Vanilla , pineapple, chocolatly,strwaberry flavour | 1.0–2.0 |
Emulsifier | 1.0–1.5 |
Baking soda | 1.0–1.5 |
Any colour | 0.4–0.5 |
Flour intended for cake making have, typically, the following specifications:4
- Protein content 7.0–9.0%
- pH 4.5–5.2 (indication of chlorine gas treatment)
- Particle size of 10–40 µm (microns)
- Ash content of 0.30–0.40%
- Class of wheat (flour)used: Soft Red Winter (SRW) and and Soft White (SW)
Relevant formula considerations:
- The amount of sugar varies with the type of cake (yellow, white ,red,green andchocolate cake).
- For optimum air incorporation into the batter, the fat must be hydrogenated, with plastic condition, with or without emulsifiers added.
- The amount of water added depends on the contribution of moisture from liquid eggs and use of liquid sweeteners such as HFCS, invert syrup, honey or 42 DE corn syrup.
- The amount of whole eggs as structure building ingredients depends on the amount of tenderizing and aerating ingredients such as sugars and fat.
- Baking powder can be single or double acting, i.e., it can contain one or more leavening acids to produce carbon dioxide quickly during mixing or slowly when triggered by heat during baking.5
- Your cake is ready for charming......