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Butter Cake
A butter cake is a cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter. Butter cake is baked with basic ingredients: butter, sugar, Egg (food), eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda. It is considered one of the quintessential cakes in American baking. Butter cake originated from the English pound cake, which traditionally used equal amounts of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs to bake a heavy, rich cake. History The invention of baking powder and other chemical leavening agents during the 19th century substantially increased the flexibility of this traditional pound cake by introducing the possibility of creating lighter, fluffier cakes using these traditional combinations of ingredients, and it is this transformation that brought about the modern butter cake. Ingredients and technique Butter cakes are traditionally made using a creaming (food), creaming method, in which the butter and sugar are first beaten until fluffy to incorporate air into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Butter
''Beurre noisette'' (, literally: hazelnut butter, loosely: brown butter) is a List of sauces, type of warm sauce used in French cuisine. It can accompany savoury foods, such as winter vegetables, pasta, fish, omelettes, and chicken. . It has become a popular ingredient in other cultures as well, such as in contemporary American cuisine or the traditional American chocolate chip cookie. It is widely used in making List of French desserts#French pastries, French pastry. It has a deep yellow, almost brown, colour and a nutty scent and flavour from the heating process. Preparation When unsalted butter is melted over low heat and allowed to separate into butterfat and milk soli ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leavening Agent
In cooking, a leavening agent () or raising agent, also called a leaven () or leavener, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture. An alternative or supplement to leavening agents is mechanical action by which air is incorporated (i.e. kneading). Leavening agents can be biological or synthetic chemical compounds. The gas produced is often carbon dioxide, or occasionally hydrogen. When a dough or batter is mixed, the starch in the flour and the water in the dough form a matrix (often supported further by proteins like gluten or polysaccharides, such as pentosans or xanthan gum). The starch then gelatinizes and sets, leaving gas bubbles that remain. Biological leavening agents * ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' producing carbon dioxide found in: ** baker's yeast ** Beer barm (unpasteurised—live yeast) ** ginger beer ** kefir ** sourdough starter * '' Clostridium perfring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouign-amann
Kouign-amann (; ; ) is a sweet, round Breton laminated dough pastry, originally made with bread dough (nowadays sometimes viennoiserie dough), containing layers of butter and incorporated sugar, similar in fashion to puff pastry albeit with fewer layers. It is slowly baked until the sugar caramelizes and the butter (in fact the steam from the water in the butter) expands the dough, resulting in its layered structure. A smaller version, kouignette, is similar to a muffin-shaped, caramelized croissant. A specialty of the town of Douarnenez in Finistère, Brittany where it originated around 1860, the pastry is attributed to Yves-René Scordia (1828–1878). The name comes from the Breton language words for 'cake' ('' kouign'') and 'butter' ('' amann''), and in 2011 the ''New York Times'' described it as "the fattiest pastry in all of Europe." Recipe The strict original Douarnenez recipe requires a ratio of 40 percent bread dough, 30 percent butter, and 30 percent sugar. Trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gooey Butter Cake
Gooey butter cake is a type of cake traditionally made in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a flat and dense cake made with wheat cake flour, butter, sugar, and eggs, typically near an inch tall, and dusted with powdered sugar. While sweet and rich, it is somewhat firm and is able to be cut into pieces similarly to a brownie. Gooey butter cake is generally served as a type of coffee cake and not as a formal dessert cake. There are two distinct variants of the cake: the original St. Louis, MO Bakers' gooey butter and a cream cheese and commercial yellow cake mix variant. The original St. Louis, MO Bakers' gooey butter is believed to have originated in the 1930s. It was made with a yeast-raised sweet dough on the bottom. The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission includes a recipe for the cream cheese and commercial yellow cake mix variant cake on its website, calling it "one of St. Louis' popular, quirky foods". The recipe calls for a bottom layer of butter and yellow cake bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterkuchen
''Butterkuchen'' or ''Zuckerkuchen'' is a simple German butter cake baked on a tray. Flakes of butter, which, after baking, form the characteristic holes, are distributed on the dough. The whole cake is sprinkled with sugar or streusel. After further kneading the ''Butterkuchen'' is baked. As a variation the dough can be sprinkled with roasted almond flakes. ''Butterkuchen'' is a favourite element of Westphalian and North German coffee tables. It is also served at weddings and funerals and, as a result, is sometimes called ''Freud-und-Leid-Kuchen'' ("joy and sorrow cake") or ''Beerdigungskuchen'' ("funeral cake"). A regional variation is to sprinkle the ''Butterkuchen'' with a sugar-cinnamon mixture rather than with sugar alone. This is very similar to Moravian Sugar Cake. In Germany in the trade, at least 30 parts butter, clarified butter or butterfat must be used to 100 parts of flour. File:Butterkuchen.jpg, Large tray of Butterkuchen File:Butterkuchen traditionell.jpg, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastry Cream
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce () to the thick pastry cream () used to fill éclairs. The most common custards are used in custard desserts or dessert sauces and typically include sugar and vanilla; however, savory custards are also found, e.g., in quiche. Preparation Custard is usually cooked in a double boiler (''bain-marie''), or heated very gently in a saucepan on a stove, though custard can also be steamed, baked in the oven with or without a water bath, or even cooked in a pressure cooker. Custard preparation is a delicate operation because a ''temperature'' increase of leads to overcooking and curdling. Generally, a fully cooked custard should not exceed ; it begins setting at . A bain marie water bath slows heat transfer and makes it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icing (food)
Icing, or frosting, is a sweet, often creamy Glaze (cooking technique), glaze made of sugar with a liquid, such as water or milk, that is often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, cream cheese, or flavorings. It is used to coat or cake decorating, decorate baked goods, such as cakes. When it is used between layer cake, layers of cake it is known as a filling. Icing can be formed into shapes such as flowers and leaves using a pastry bag. Such decorations are commonplace on birthday cake, birthday and wedding cakes. food coloring, Edible dyes can be added to icing mixtures to achieve a desired hue. Sprinkles, edible inks or other decorations are often used on top of icing. A basic icing is called a glacé, containing powdered sugar (also known as icing sugar or confectioners' sugar) and water. This can be flavored and colored as desired, for example, by using lemon juice in place of the water. More complex icings can be made by beating fat into powdered sugar (as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cream Cheese
Cream cheese is a soft, usually mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk and cream.Oxford English Dictionary Cream cheese is not naturally matured and is meant to be consumed fresh, so it differs from other soft cheeses such as Brie and Neufchâtel. It is more comparable in taste, texture, and production methods to Boursin and mascarpone. Stabilizers such as carob bean gum and carrageenan are often added in industrial production. It can also come in several flavors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines cream cheese as containing at least 33% milk fat with a moisture content of not more than 55%, and a pH range of 4.4 to 4.9. Similarly, under Canadian Food and Drug Regulations, cream cheese must contain at least 30% milk fat and a maximum of 55% moisture. In other countries, it is defined differently and may need a considerably higher fat content. Cream cheese originated in the United States in the 1870s. Origin Around 1873, William A. Lawrence, a dairyman in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creaming (food)
Creaming is used to refer to several different culinary processes. In baking, it is the blending of ingredients with a softened form of a solid fat. When a dish is described as being "creamed", it may mean that it has been poached in milk, cream or a similar liquid. "Creaming" can also refer to the separation of cream from milk. Blending Creaming, in this sense, is the technique of softening solid fat, like shortening or butter, into a smooth mass and then blending it with other ingredients. The technique is most often used in making buttercream, cake batter or cookie dough. The dry ingredients are mixed or beaten with the softened fat until it becomes light and fluffy and increased in volume, due to the incorporation of tiny air bubbles. These air bubbles, locked into the semi-solid fat, remain in the final batter and expand as the item is baked, serving as a form of leavening agent. Poaching Creamed food, in cooking, denotes food that is prepared by slow simmering o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homemade Butter Cake
Homemade or Home Made may refer to: *Handicraft, things that are made by hand *Home cooking, food prepared from ingredients at home, in contrast to restaurant or mass-produced meals Film and television * ''Home Made'' (1927 film), an American silent comedy film * ''Home Made'' (2017 film), an Israeli short film * ''Homemade'' (TV series), a 2020 Italian-Chilean anthology series *''homeMADE'', a 2009 Australian reality TV series *''Homemade TV'', a 1976–1977 Canadian children's TV series *''Homemade'', a 2006–2007 British TV series on T4 Music * ''Homemade'' (Cephas & Wiggins album), 1999 * ''Homemade'' (The Osmonds album), 1971 *''Homemade'', an EP by Cold Creek County Cold Creek County is a Canadian country rock group based in Brighton, Ontario. Its members are Doug Oliver, Josh Lester, Trevor MacLeod, Justin Lester, and Jordan Honsinger. They were founded in 2013 and signed to Sony Music Canada in 2014. His ..., 2017 * "Homemade" (song), by Jake Owen, 2019 See also [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound Cake
Pound cake is a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. Pound cakes are generally baked in either a loaf pan or a Bundt mold. They are sometimes served either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed with syrup, with a coat of icing, or with whipped cream and fruit. History The earliest recipe for pound cake is found in the English cook book '' The Art of Cookery'' by Hannah Glasse, published in 1747. The first U.S. cookbook, '' American Cookery'', published in 1796, has a recipe for pound cake. Over time, the ingredients for pound cake changed. Eliza Leslie, who wrote the 1851 edition of ''Direction for Cookery'', used 10 eggs, beat them as lightly as possible, mixed them with a pound of flour, then added the juice of two lemons or three large oranges. This changed the flavor and texture of the cake. In the 2008 issue of ''Saveur'', James Villas wrote that cake flour would not work in place of all-purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butter
Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of Churning (butter), churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 81% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread (food), spread, melted as a condiment, and used as a Cooking fat, fat in baking, sauce-making, pan frying, and other cooking procedures. Most frequently made from cow's milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including Sheep milk, sheep, Goat milk, goats, Buffalo milk, buffalo, and Yak milk, yaks. It is made by churning milk or cream to separate the fat globules from the buttermilk. Dairy salt, Salt has been added to butter since antiquity to help Food preservation, preserve it, particularly when being transported; salt may still play a preservation role but is less important today as the entire supply chain is usually refrigerated. In modern times, salt may be added for taste and food coloring added for color. Kit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
