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Confectionery Factory
Confectionery is the Art (skill), art of making confections, or sweet foods. Confections are items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates, although exact definitions are difficult. In general, however, confections are divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories: baker's confections and sugar confections. Baker's confectionery, also called flour confections, includes principally sweet pastries, cakes, and similar Baking, baked goods. Baker's confectionery excludes everyday Bread, breads, and thus is a subset of products produced by a baker. Sugar confectionery includes candies (also called ''sweets'', short for ''sweetmeats'', in many English-speaking countries), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In some cases, chocolate confections (confections made of chocolate) are treated as a separate category, as are sugar-free versions of sugar confections. The words ''candy'' (Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krokan
''Krokan'' is a Swedish cuisine, Swedish Confectionery, confection and a traditional dessert in the country. It is a multi-tiered pastry made from Almond meal, almond flour, constructed of thin pieces baked in decorative patterns. The parts are then joined using caramel, melted caramelized sugar, assembled into a tower, and decorated with crisscross patterns and marzipan roses. ''Krokans'' are traditional at Swedish weddings, such as that of King Carl XVI Gustaf in 1976. Half a century before, a letter to The American-Scandinavian Foundation described the ''krokan'' as "a gorgeous cake made of almond and sugar and always quite as necessary to a Swedish wedding as the bride herself". ''Krokan'' was the showstopper challenge in episode 9 of season 13 of ''The Great British Bake Off''. See also * ''Kransekage'' – Danish pastry that uses the same ingredients References Swedish pastries Wedding food {{Sweden-cuisine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
