a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening eggs and a raising agent. Cakes
Basic types of Cake Batter Cakes - cakes with fats
Example of Batter cakes
2. Sponge Cakes - cakes without fats.
Example of Sponge cakes
3. Chiffon Cakes -resembles the sponge cake in appearance and texture but it contains liquids fats, so it is richer.
Example of Chiffon cakes
Forms of Cakes 1.Layer Cakes -shallow pans.
Example of Layer cakes
2.Loaf Cakes - loaf pans. The cakes is cooled, frosted & sliced for individual servings.
Example of Loaf Cakes
3. Sheet Cakes - large shallow pan. The cake can be cut into individual servings and frosted or rolled with spread like jelly and produce a jelly roll.
Example of Sheet Cakes
4. Cup Cakes - the cake batter is poured into muffin pans lined with paper cups.