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Cake Making Methods Explained

The document discusses different methods for cake making including creaming, rubbing in, whisking, and melting. It provides examples of common cakes made with each method and lists the typical proportions of ingredients. The creaming method is used for Victoria sandwich cake and involves softening butter and creaming it with sugar before adding egg and folding in flour.

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Cake Making Methods Explained

The document discusses different methods for cake making including creaming, rubbing in, whisking, and melting. It provides examples of common cakes made with each method and lists the typical proportions of ingredients. The creaming method is used for Victoria sandwich cake and involves softening butter and creaming it with sugar before adding egg and folding in flour.

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  • Cake Making Introduction: Introduces the concept of cake making with a visual overview of finished cakes, setting the stage for detailed methods.
  • Cake Making Methods Overview: Provides an overview of various cake making methods with a comparative chart of ingredient proportions and examples.
  • Rubbing-in Method: Describes the rubbing-in method with steps to ensure fat is cold and integrates into flour effectively, using rock cakes and scones as examples.
  • All-in-one Method: Explains the all-in-one method for cake making, focusing on mixing all ingredients together efficiently for tray bakes and fairy cakes.
  • Creaming Method: Details the creaming method, highlighting the process of softening butter or margarine and gradually integrating other ingredients, exemplified by a Victoria sandwich cake.
  • Whisking Method: Covers the whisking method, emphasizing the use of whipped egg whites and sugar for light textures in cakes like Swiss roll and fat-less sponge.
  • Melting Method: Explains the melting method, where ingredients are melted and mixed, with carrot cake and gingerbread as illustrated examples.

Cake making

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Cake making methods


There are several basic methods of cake making. The chart below gives an example of the proportions of ingredients used in the different methods.
Method Flour Fat Egg (approx 50g) 2 Caster sugar 100g Example

Creaming / all in one Whisking Rubbing in Melting

100g

100g

Victoria sandwich Swiss roll Rock cakes Gingerbread

50g 200g 200g

100g 75g

2 1 1

50g 75g 50g sugar 150g syrup

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Rubbing-in
Rock cakes

How? Ensure that the fat is cold. Rub the fat into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
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Scones

All-in-one

How? Tray bake

Ensure that the butter/margarine is soft.


Mix all the ingredients together.

Fairy cakes
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Creaming
Victoria sandwich cake

How? Ensure that the butter/margarine is soft. Cream the butter/margarine and sugar together, until pale and fluffy.

Gradually add the beaten egg.


Fold in the flour.
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Whisking
Swiss roll

How? Whisk egg whites with the sugar. Fold in the flour. Fat-less sponge
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Melting
Carrot cake

Gingerbread

How? Melt the fat, add the sugar and the mix in the egg and flour.
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© FAB and AHDB 2011 Cake making
© FAB and AHDB 2011 There are several basic methods of cake making. The chart below gives an example of the proportions of
© FAB and AHDB 2011 Rubbing-in How? Ensure that the fat is cold. Rub the fat into the flour until it resembles fine brea
© FAB and AHDB 2011 All-in-one How? Ensure that the butter/margarine is soft. Mix all the ingredients together. Tray
© FAB and AHDB 2011 Creaming Victoria sandwich cake How? Ensure that the butter/margarine is soft. Cream the butter/marg
© FAB and AHDB 2011 Whisking How? Whisk egg whites with the sugar. Fold in the flour. Swiss roll Fat-less sponge
© FAB and AHDB 2011 Melting How? Melt the fat, add the sugar and the mix in the egg and flour. Carrot cake Gingerbread

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