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METHODS OF BAKING:
RECIPES
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Table Of Contents
Cover Page… 1
Introduction… 3
Methods of Baking… 4
Rubbed-in Method… 5-7
Creamed Method… 8-11
Melted Method… 12-14
Whisked Method… 15-17
All In One Method… 18-21
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INTRODUCTION

Good day everyone, my name is Keniyah Thomas, I am from the class 3.4
and I was required to do a project stating 2 recipes for each method of
baking by my Food and Nutrition Teacher, Mrs. Cadogan. Here is my
project, so enjoy!!!
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Methods of Baking

Rubbed-In Method- The fat is rubbed into the flour until the mixture
resembles breadcrumbs, e.g. coconut buns, rock buns.

Creamed Methods- The fat and sugar are beaten together until the mixture
is smooth and creamy, e.g. layer or sandwich cakes.

Melted Method- The fat is melted and added to flour mixture, e.g. muffins,
gingerbread.

Whisked Method- The eggs or egg whites and sugar are whisked together
until light and frothy, e.g. Swiss or jelly roll, true sponge cake.

All In One Method- All ingredients are mixed together and stirred well, e.g.
buns or coconut cake. Best results are obtained when an electric mixer is
used.
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Rubbed-In Method

● Guyanese Coconut Buns-Recipe 1

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 2 cups all-purpose flour
2) 1 cup white sugar
3) 1 teaspoon baking powder
4) ½ teaspoon salt
5) 1 cup butter, cut into pieces
6) 2 eggs
7) ½ cup milk
8) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9) ½ teaspoon almond extract
10) ¾ flaked coconut

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add
butter, and cut it using a pastry blender or a fork until the mixture resembles fine
crumbs. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and
almond extract. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, and pour in the
wet ingredients. Add coconut, and mix just enough to blend. Drop by rounded
tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Step 3
Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
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Rubbed-In Method

● Jamaican Rock Buns-Recipe 2

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 2 cups all purpose flour (sifted)
2) 1 teaspoon baking powder
3) ¼ teaspoon salt
4) ½ cup butter
5) ½ cup raisins
6) ½ cup brown sugar
7) 1 medium egg
8) 2 limes/1 lemon
9) 1 ½ tablespoon milk
10) ½ cup grated coconut

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2
Add baking powder to your flour and sift.

Step 3
Using the rub-in method, incorporate your butter into your flour until it begins
to look something like breadcrumbs. Your butter should be at room temperature.

Step 4
Add your raisins, freshly grated coconut and brown sugar to your mixture, then
use your hands to combine all the ingredients.
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Step 5
Grate the rind from your limes or lemon to add a tablespoon of lemon zest.
Avoid grating the pit of the fruit as it will make your buns bitter.

Step 6
To your egg, add a tablespoon of milk and combine until all the flour is mixed
into the dough. You can add more milk to the mixture but you shouldn’t need
much more than ½ a tablespoon. By now your dough should be ready, it
shouldn’t be soft but sticky.

Step 7
Using a spoon, scoop and shape your Rock Bun mixtures into loosely formed
balls and place them on a greased baking tray.

Step 8
Bake in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes or until they are
slightly golden brown.

Allow your rock cakes to cool and then enjoy, with a slice of cheese, a cup of
milk (if you are in Jamaica, a cup of Lasco) or on its own. Be sure to save some
for tomorrow as well.
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Creamed Method

● Vanilla Cake-Recipe 1

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) ¾ cup (1 ½) unsalted butter, softened
2) 3 large eggs, room temperature
3) 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
4) 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
5) ½ tsp salt
6) 1 ¾ cups sugar
7) 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
8) 1 ¼ cups milk, room temperature

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease and flour two 8’’ round pans.

Step 2
In a medium size bowl stir the flour, baking powder and salt together, and set
aside.

Step 3
In your mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then scrape the
bowl.

Step 4
Add eggs, one at a time and beat after each addition until incorporated.
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Step 5
Beat in vanilla.

Step 6
Alternately add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed
after each addition until just combined.

Step 7
Start with ⅓ flour mixture and mix, then ½ the milk and mix, then second ⅓rd of
the flour mixture and mix, then the remainder of the milk and mix, finish with
the last ⅓rd of flour mixture and mix until combined.

Step 8
Spread batter into the prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes.

Step 9
Start checking at 25 minutes, a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake
should come out clean.

Step 10
Cool cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then run a knife along the sides of the
pans and turn out onto parchment paper.
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Creamed Method

● Country Pound Cake-Recipes 2

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 3 cups all-purpose flour
2) ¾ teaspoon baking powder
3) ¼ teaspoon salt
4) 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
5) ½ cup shortening
6) 2 ⅔ cups white sugar
7) 5 eggs
8) 1 cup milk
9) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
10) 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions:

Step 1
Do not preheat the oven. Grease 10 inch tube pan and line bottom with wax
paper or parchment paper.

Step 2
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Step 3
In a large bowl, beat the butter, shortening, and sugar on low speed for 10
minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition.
Alternately add the flour mixture and milk, mixing well. Add the vanilla and
lemon extracts.
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Step 4
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Set the oven temperature to 350 degrees F
(175 degrees C. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted
into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan
for 1 hour. Remove to a cake rack and cool for at least 3 hours.
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Melted Method

● Irish Soda Bread-Recipe 1

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) ½ cup white sugar
2) 4 cups all-purpose flour
3) 2 teaspoons baking powder
4) 1 teaspoon baking soda
5) ¾ teaspoon salt
6) 3 cups raisins (I used 2 cups currants)
7) 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
8) 2 eggs, lightly beaten
9) 1¼ cups buttermilk
10) 1 cup sour cream

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 F (175C). Grease a 9-inch round cast iron skillet or a
9-inch round baking or cake pan.

Step 2
In a mixing bowl, combine flour (reserving 1 tablespoon), sugar, baking
powder, baking soda, salt, raisins (or currants), and caraway seeds. In a small
bowl, blend eggs, buttermilk and sour cream. Stir the liquid mixture into the
flour mixture just until the flour is moistened.

Step 3
Knead dough in a bowl about 10 to 12 strokes. Dough will be sticky. Place the
dough in the prepared skillet or pan and pat down. Cut a 4x¾-inch deep slit in
the top of the bread. Dust with reserved flour.
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Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven for 65 to 75 minutes. Let cool and turn bread into a
wire rack.
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Melted Method

● Gingerbread Men-Recipe 2

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 1(3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
2) ½ cup butter
3) ½ cup packed brown sugar
4) 1 egg
5) 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
6) ½ teaspoon baking soda
7) 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
8) 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

Step 1
In a medium bowl, cream together the dry butterscotch pudding mix, butter, and
brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the egg. Combine the flour, baking soda,
ginger, and cinnamon; stir into the pudding mixture. Cover, and chill dough
until firm, about 1 hour.

Step 2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. On a
floured board, roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into man
shapes using a cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared
baking sheets.

Step 3
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden at the
edges. Cool on wire racks.
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Whisked Method

● Orange Sponge Cake-Recipe 1

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 3 eggs
2) 1 cup white sugar
3) 1 tablespoon orange zest
4) 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
5) 2 teaspoons baking powder
6) 6 tablespoons orange juice

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 inch
round pan.

Step 2
Separate the eggs while cold, then bring to room temperature.

Step 3
Beat egg yolks, sugar and grated orange rind until light and fluffy. Mix flour and
baking powder together. Alternately add flour mixture and orange juice to the
egg yolk mixture.

Step 4
In a separate large CLEAN bowl, with a CLEAN whisk or beaters, beat egg whites
to stiff peaks, and fold into batter.

Step 5
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for
50 to 60 minutes.
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Whisked Method

● Jelly Roll-Recipe 2

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 1 cup sifted cake flour
2) 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
3) ¼ teaspoon salt
4) 2 eggs
5) ¾ cup white sugar
6) ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
7) 2 tablespoons 2% milk
8) ½ cup confectioners' sugar for dusting
9) 1 cup strawberry jam

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 10x15 inch jelly roll
pan with parchment paper.

Step 2
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat
eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until thick and pale, about 5 minutes. Stir
in the vanilla and milk. Stir in the dry ingredients gradually. The batter will be
thin. Pour into the prepared pan.

Step 3
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until the centre springs back
when pressed lightly. Don't over bake, or it may crack.
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Step 4
Generously dust a clean dish towel with confectioners' sugar. Turn the cake out
onto the towel, and peel off the parchment paper. Gently roll up the cake using
the towel, and let cool for about 10 minutes.

Step 5
Unroll the cake, and spread an even coating of jam onto the top. Roll the cake
back up into a tight spiral, and remove the towel. Dust with confectioners' sugar
before serving.
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All In One Method

● Coconut Coconut Milk Cake-Recipe 1

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) 2 cups white sugar
2) 1 cup butter, softened
3) 4 eggs, separated
4) 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
5) 2 cups all-purpose flour
6) 2 tablespoons baking powder
7) 1 teaspoon salt
8) 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch cake
pan.

Step 2
Beat sugar, butter, and egg yolks together in a bowl using an electric mixer until
smooth and creamy; add shredded coconut.

Step 3
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Stir the creamed butter
mixture, alternating with coconut milk, into the flour mixture until batter is just
mixed.

Step 4
Beat egg whites in a glass or metal bowl until soft peaks form. Lift your beater
or whisk straight up: the egg whites will form soft mounds rather than a sharp
peak. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
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Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake
comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
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All In One Method

● Vanilla Madeira Cake

Ingredients/Quantities:
1) ¾ cup butter, softened
2) ¾ cup white sugar
3) 3 eggs
4) 2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
5) 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
6) 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

Directions:

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and line a round
cake pan with parchment paper.

Step 2
Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and
fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir vanilla
extract into creamed butter mixture.

Step 3
Sift flour and baking powder into creamed butter mixture and stir until batter is
well mixed. Spoon batter into the prepared cake pan, smoothing the top with the
back of a spoon.

Step 4
Bake in the centre of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centre
comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
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Step 5
Cool cake in the cake pan for 10 to 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack
to cool completely.
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THE END.