Baking Science: Foolproof Formulas to Create the Best Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Breads and More - Softcover

Levy Frances, Dikla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1645674541 ISBN 13: 9781645674542

Publisher: Page Street Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

The Scientifically Guaranteed Guide to Better Baked Goods

For every flawless cake you bake, are there three that come out of the oven dry, deflated or dense? Do your cookies crumble and cheesecakes crack? You’re not alone! A lot of bakers struggle with selecting the right ingredients or choosing the right method and temperature to yield flawless end results. With this book, One Sarcastic Baker creator Dikla Levy Frances is here to help you recognize your baking mistakes and learn how to get the best results―the scientific way. She teaches you the chemistry behind successfully baking everything from cakes to cookies to breads with approachable explanations and simple formulas so easy that anyone can create these sweet experiments.

Learn the molecular breakdown of basic ingredients like flour, butter and sugar, and how they react with each other to make the baked goods you love, like Triple Coconut Cake and Monday Night Football Cookies. Explore how mixing methods like beating vs. whisking vs. stirring affect your final product, and which method is best for the particular treat you’re trying to make, like Almond- Chocolate Pound Cake or Reese’s® Peanut Butter Quick Bread. Discover how different temperatures transform ingredients into the baked goods of your dreams, and how to use more or less heat to create everything from creamy, never-cracked Funfetti® Cheesecake to the perfect pie crust. Each section is also accompanied by scrumptious recipes to help you practice your newfound knowledge.

Improve your technique tenfold with simple, science-based tips that’ll have your baked goodies looking like masterpieces every time. Whether you’re a kitchen amateur or baking pro, you’re guaranteed to perfect your craft with Dikla’s approachable methodology and mouth-watering recipes.

About this title

About the Author

Dikla Levy Frances is the creator of One Sarcastic Baker, a blog dedicated to sharing recipes and teaching foolproof baking tips to readers. Her work has been featured on feedfeed, Wilton.com and The Nosher. She currently lives in North Carolina with her family.

From the Back Cover

Dikla Levy Frances, creator of One Sarcastic Baker, has the answer for every baker whose cake deflates, whose cupcakes are too dense or whose cookies come out dry and overbaked instead of chewy?and they don?t know why. Baking is essentially chemistry in the kitchen, and Dikla removes the mystery of that chemistry with her easy-to-understand breakdown of how baking works: what purpose each ingredient serves in a recipe, how they combine and interact together and most importantly, how to use the correct temperature and ingredients to get incredible results, every time. She pairs this instruction with easy to follow recipes that readers will use to take their baking to the next level. Learn how to use butter to create a perfectly fluffy and tender cake texture with Almond Chocolate Pound Cake, and create the perfect pie and pie crust with a Rustic Savory Galette. Readers will even learn the best temperature to use to tackle notoriously-tricky treats with her Pistachio Orange Blossom Madeleines. In these 50 recipes, you don?t have to be a scientist to understand how to craft the perfect baked good. This book will contain 50-60 recipes and photos.

Edition details

• Publisher: Page Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1645674541
• ISBN 13: 9781645674542
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192