Cake is a favorite food in our daily life, with soft cake base and mellow cream. The combination of these flavors makes the cake extremely tempting. However, there are still good and bad points for different cake.

When we distinguish between good and bad cakes, and we can look at these aspects.

1. Color identification

A good cake is oily on the outside, golden on the top and walls, and reddish-brown on the bottom. Vibrant, glossy color without scorch and black patches.

The appearance of inferior cakes is not oily, dark brown red or gray back, uneven fire color, with burnt edges or black spots.

2. Shape identification

A good cake piece is full and round, uniform in thickness, with fine pockmarks on the surface, no sticky edges, no broken, no collapsed top.

The shape of the general cake is not very round, the fine pits are not obvious, and some parts are relatively collapsed.And they are not aesthetically pleasing.

3. Discrimination of uniformity

A good cake is uniform, soft and elastic, with a fine honeycomb cut surface and no lumps.

The almost cake is not dense, hard, and has no elasticity, and there are gnocchi.

4. Smell and taste identification

A good cake egg has pure fragrance, sweet taste, non-sticky, and has the unique flavor of cake.

The taste of the normal cake is not pure, there is a burnt or fishy smell, and there is no significant unique flavor.

Through the above criteria, we can judge the quality of the cake. A perfect cake should be perfect in taste, shape, uniformity and gloss. Enjoying such a cake will bring the ultimate feeling.

With the advancement of cooking technology, there are many different types of cake to meet people's diverse tastes.

1. Sponge cake

Sponge cake is a kind of cream cake, the main body is a network structure formed by the combination of eggs, sugar whipped foam and flour. Because the inner tissue of the sponge cake has many round holes, it is like a sponge, so it is called a sponge cake.

Sponge cake is divided into whole egg sponge and split egg sponge cake, which are divided according to the different production methods. Whole egg sponge cake is made by adding flour after the whole egg is beaten. When making the egg-split sponge cake, separate the egg whites and yolks, beat them separately, and then mix them with flour.

2. Chiffon cake

Chiffon Cake is a relatively common basic cake, and it is also a cake that is very popular among pastry bakers. For example, birthday cakes usually use chiffon cake as the base.

The method of chiffon cake is very similar to the egg-split sponge cake. The difference is the ratio of materials. Novices can also add baking powder and tartar powder, so the organization of the cake is very soft.

3. Angel fool cake

Angel cake is also a kind of custard cake, which is the soft foam produced by the egg liquid after being whipped. The difference is that no drop of oil is added to the angel cake, and even the egg yolk containing oil is removed from the egg, and only egg white is used to make it. This cake, because the color of the finished cake is refreshing and white, so it is called angel cake.

4. Pound cake

Pound Cake is a kind of batter cake made with a lot of butter and then adding eggs and flour. Because unlike the above-mentioned cakes, the softness of the cake structure is increased by whipped egg liquid, so the heavy oil cake will be thicker in taste than the above types of cakes, but because a large amount of butter is added, the taste is very mellow. It is more common to add some fruit or preserved fruit to the batter, which can reduce the greasy taste of the cake.

Knowing the composition of delicious cake embryos, we better choose animal cream when making cakes. Because it is extracted from fresh milk, in addition to milk fat, it also contains vitamin A, calcium and rich protein. The milk fat of animal cream also contains 30% of unsaturated fatty acids that are beneficial to the human body.

But vegetable butter does not contain milk, but contains a lot of trans fats that are harmful to health. Hydrogenated oils are absorbed by the body and can easily cause health problems.