Halo Creationz: November 2013

Thursday, 28 November 2013

A Brief History Of Cakes

The ancient Egyptians were the world’s first great bakers, with large-scale bakeries that produced unleavened breads and cakes, first baked on hot stones. They were the first to discover how to use wild (natural) yeast to make those flatbreads and cakes rise. Cakes are round because they descended from ancient breads—round loaves of dough placed on hearthstones to bake.

It took another few millennia, until the 18th century, to discover the technique of whipping eggs to make cakes rise. While it required many hours of beating, it heralded the dawn of modern baking. By the 1840s, baking soda had been invented, followed by baking powder in the 1860s. As ovens with regulated temperatures became available, and sugar became affordable to everyone, more people were able to bake, resulting in more creativity in recipe development; the modern cake as we know it began to take shape in the mid-19th century.

Even though sugar originated in Asia, cakes as we now know them—flour, eggs, butter and sugar baked to a sweet, fluffy deliciousness—are a Western evolution. There are thousands of different types of cakes in the world today; each culture has its specialties, most of which never reach our shores.

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

PICTURES: smallchops,cocktail and fingefoods

Definition of cake/How to preserve

How To Preserve A Cake

Definition of cake/How to preserve

your cake : An item of soft, sweet food made from a mixture of flour, shortening,eggs,sugar,and other ingredients,baked and often decorated.

So all those ingredients have a limited life span and easy to spoil if is not well preserved.

Whether you’re simply saving your cake to serve later in the day or you’re saving the leftovers for tomorrow, storing it right will keep it fresh, tasty, and looking good .

When you order for a cake you know it going to be decorated and not all decoration can be preserved. When preserving a cake which have a limited life sperm like: sponge,red velvet,chocolate, you can preserve it by putting it inside refrigerator and not leaving it inside a room temperature not matter how much air conditional you have in there.

Don’t just keep cake in a fridge without covering it or rapping it well either wet cling film or foil paper.if the cake is in butter icing or butter cream, chocolate dripping, coconut sprinkle, cover it well while in the fridge.

But if it is fondant, kindly remove d fondant and place only the cake inside fridge. Note fondant cake can’t be put in a fridge.Example of my client who orders for cake and refuse to put it in fridge because the cake is fine and it was cover wit fondant which u can put in the freezer

if you have an idea on how to preserve a cake, please kindly comment

7 ways to identify good cakes

The seven under listed tips could go a long way for you to identify a good cake.

1. Figure out the style: cake does not have to be white colour and round shape. There are so many choices, look on the style and the concept.

2. Touch of class (neat work): a good cake must be presented neatly and very attractive.

3. Colour combination: a good baker must know how to combine client’s colours in a manner that is attractive and simple.

4. Arrangement of cake: each cake has its own concept and arrangement. A good baker must be able to make a neat and perfect cake setting presentation.

5. Taste: A taste of cake is very important which a baker must work on because a good cake represents the strength of a baker.

6. Cake durability: Each cake has its own expiring time. A cake could last for its own expiring time if it is well baked.

7. Cake and venue decoration: The branding of the cake must corresponds with the colour of the decoration of the venue. A good baker must be able to advices client on colours that harmonize with the venue decoration colours.

If you have tips please comment below. Thanks for reading. See you again.