Ingredients

BASIC INGREDIENTS IN BAKING AND ITS FUNCTIONS

         

 1. FLOUR  -        The major ingredient in making bread.

-        It provides the structural framework of the bread because it contains gluten which gives the bread strength to keep its shape when baked.

KINDS OF FLOUR

a.     Cake Flour – weak flour and

  Gluten – elasticity, strength

b.     All Purpose Flour – gluten content to make bread

c.      Pastry Flour

2. SUGARS                    -        add sweetness and flavor and give crust color

 3.  COCOA POWDER  -     An unsweetened powder produced by grinding cacao beans and pressing out the cocoa butter (fat). This powder gives an intense chocolate taste to baked goods. It is commonly available in “Dutch-processed” (alkalized) or natural varieties. The alkalized version is lighter in color and has a less assertive chocolate taste. 

Without this I can't bake anything.....as of now I don't have this at home because out of my budget I can not buy any ingredients.......sad to say, almost two months without baking.......  :-(