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THE VITAL INGREDIENTS
Corn flour is made from maize (corn) and is
used in some baked products to give a finer
texture and can also be used as a starch to
thicken sauces and desserts.
Rice flour is derived from rice and is used to
give a finer texture in baked products such
as shortbread biscuits.
Baking powder is a mixture of cream of
tartar and bicarbonate of soda and is used as
a raising agent in baking.
Bicarbonate of soda also known as baking
soda is an ingredient in baking powder and
can be used as an additional raising agent or
to darken some baked products.
Butter will give particular flavour and soft
texture to baked products. Margarine can
replace butter to give a similar result. Oil
can be used in some baking to replace butter
but will give texture and flavour differences
— use only ¾ of the amount of butter.
Eggs should be at room temperature to
give better volume when making cakes and
sponges. Standard 60g eggs were used in
the recipes.
Milk should be full cream unless specified.
Light, low fat or skim milk can be used but
will give texture and flavour differences.
Sugar (white crystal sugar) is used to
give flavour, texture and colour to baked
products. Caster sugar is often used in
baking as it is easier to dissolve when
creaming butter and sugar. Brown sugar is
also easy to dissolve and can be used to give
a different flavour and texture. The large
crystals of raw sugar are slower to dissolve
and can be suitable for baked products such
as muffins.
USING THE SCRAPER BEATER
The Scraper Beater can be used for a variety
of mixing tasks. These include creaming
butter and sugar, pastry, cake and biscuit
batter, thin batter, icing and frosting. Due
to the efficient mixing action of the Scraper
Beater, the mixing time of many recipes
will be reduced. Refer to the chart below
for approximate mixing times for common
mixing tasks.
SPEED SETTING ATTACHMENT MIXING TASK FOR
Kneading/Folding kneading/folding Bread dough
Creaming/Beating
beating/creaming or
light mixing
packet cake mixes,
muffins. Creaming
butter and sugar,
cream cheese,
heavy batters
Whipping/Aerating
whipping/aerating cream, egg white/
meringues,
marshmallow