09/12/2022
Good Day, Bake Fam!
It's Cake'EduMonday 💃🏼💃🏼💃
For those who are new to the tribe, every Monday we share exceptional baking nuggets, tidbits, and guides to help you bake better.
Baking recipes do contain some jargon or technical terms that may make it hard for someone very new to baking to understand.
Here are the 5 basic baking terms you need to know so you can be a better baker:
1) 👩🍳 Preheat
When a recipe instructs you to preheat an oven, it basically means for you to turn on the oven to the temperature setting indicated. You need to do this at least 15 minutes before you place anything in the oven so that it has had the chance to heat up to the specified temperature.
This ensures that whatever you're baking, it will bake properly.
2) 👩🍳 Grease
Greasing your baking pan or sheet means to coat it using either oil or butter. You can do this lightly using either a pastry brush or a paper towel. What's key when greasing a baking pan or sheet is to do it completely, especially the corners where cakes are prone to stick to.
3) 👩🍳 Beat
The act of beating ingredients together, or vigorously mixing ingredients together until completely combined, can be done using any number of baking tools. You can use a spoon, whisk, or an electric or stand mixer.
4) 👩🍳 Cream
Creaming is a baking method wherein you beat a fat, usually softened butter, thoroughly until the mixture is lightened and fluffy. Usually, this is done together with sugar to create a mixture that's aerated, resulting in cakes that are lighter and fluffier.
5) 👩🍳 Fold
Folding is exactly what you think it is: the act of placing one part of something on top of each other. In the case of baking, folding is the act of using a mixing tool, usually, a silicone spatula, to gather the ingredients from the bottom of the bowl and place this on top to not remove the air incorporated into the mixture.
Congratulations, you are now a better baker 🎉
Go bake the world into a better place.
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