1. What is baking
Baking, also known as baking, refers to the process of dehydration, drying, and hardening of materials by dry heat below their ignition point. Baked food is a food with diverse flavors and rich nutrients made from oil, sugar, eggs, and other raw materials, with an appropriate amount of additives added, and through processes such as kneading, shaping, and baking.
2. The status of baking
Baking originated very early in Europe, and it is an imported term. Baking (baked and processed cereal) is usually understood as a Western style pastry. Baking food occupies a very important position in the world, and baked goods from European and American countries have already been placed on the daily dining table of every ordinary family. Dessert shops are also ubiquitous, with outdoor coffee shops in famous European cities such as Paris, Vienna, and Amsterdam. Drinking a cup of coffee and tasting desserts feels very romantic. So nowadays, baked goods are not only a part of cooking, but also a symbol of dietary culture. Our country's baked goods are also entering a period of rapid development, which is a major trend in the future, and our demand for baked goods is also increasing.
3. Classification of baked goods
Baking can be classified into different categories, such as cake, mixed pastry, clear pastry, bread, puff, biscuit, frozen dessert, and chocolate, based on the processing technology and the properties of the raw materials.
According to the type of kitchen division of labor, it can be divided into: bread, cake, frozen goods, chocolate, refined pastry and craft modeling.
According to the temperature classification of desserts, they can be divided into room temperature desserts, cold desserts, and hot desserts.
Nowadays, the classification of baked goods has become very refined, with many products included under one variety. There is no unified standard for classification, so the following classification is only based on the habits of most people
1. Chinese Dim sum
Moon cakes, cakes, fried (Fried Dough Twists, Sachima), pastry (egg yolk pastry)
2. Biscuits
Chocolate biscuits, cookies, finger biscuits, sandwich biscuits, wafer biscuits, etc
3. Chocolate
Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate
4. Cake category
Sponge cake, Qifeng cake, Mafen type cream cake, mousse type cake, cheese type cake, etc
5. Breads
Toast bread, croissant, whole wheat bread, white bread, rye bread, etc
6. Glutinous rice
Japanese daifu, Xuemeiniang, Nuomici, Banji, towel roll, etc
7. Glycology
Sugar art is an art that refers to the process of using sugar to create independent food or food decoration plugins with ornamental, edible, and artistic properties through proportioning, boiling, pulling, blowing, and other shaping methods. Sugar art products are rich and colorful, with clear texture and good three-dimensional effects. They are the most luxurious display or decoration materials in the pastry industry. Sugar art is a must-have event in international formal large-scale pastry competitions
8. Other West Points
Pie type egg tart muffin puff macaron pizza jelly