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Baker
ABSTRACT
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16 Claims, No Drawings
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comprises:
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Sugar
20
Flour
Sugar and Flour
. SUMMARY OF INVENTION
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Baking powder
Salt
Cocoa
15 parts by weight
INVENTION
ing components.
The addition of gas in this way generally decreases
the density and increases the shear value of the product
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manner.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
This Example illustrates the formation of a vanilla
sponge cake by two separate procedures, one involving
about 10 to about 75 psig, preferably about 20 to about 20 the addition of gas and the other wherein gas addition is
omitted.
50 psig.
An initial dry mix containing the following ingredi
The operations which are effected in the mixing zone
ents was prepared:
.
result in the continuous extrusion of a uniformly-mixed
Component
Flour
Baking powder
Sugar
Parts by Weight
46.7
Salt
1.0
l.l
50.5
0.7
Myvaplex 600"
100.0
Monoglyceride emulsi?er sold by Eastman Chemical Products Inc.
following ingredients:
Colour
Vanilla
98.9
0.2
0.9
100.0
The dry mix, wet mix and water were fed into one
end of an extruder at the following ?ow rates:
45
Dry mix
Wet mix
Water
8.75 parts/min
4.46 parts/min
0.68 parts/min
32%.
The components were continuously intermixed dur
water in the batter to be rapidly heated to produce
ing passage from one end of the extruder to the other in
steam which expands and cooks the cake. The dissolved
about 35 seconds. In one run, carbon dioxide was fed
gaseous material also expands, and any leavening agent
55 into the extruder at six different locations along the
present, is activated.
length of the extruder at a rate of 5175 SCF/ 100 lb. of
The microwave baking iseffected at an energy input
batter whereas in another run no gas feed was em
of from about 3 to about 12 kw min/lb. of batter, prefer
ployed. Work of 5 watt hr/lb. of batter was applied to
ably about 4 to about 8 kw min/lb. of batter, for a time
the batter during formation thereof and passage through
suf?cient to raise the temperature to about 180 to 230
F., preferably about 200 to about 212 F., and to result 60 the extrusion and a back pressure of 35 psig exited at the
in a moisture loss of about 10 to about 23 wt.%. An air
extruder outlet ori?ce.
The sponge cake which results from. the microwave 65 was subjectedto microwave energy at an energy input
of 4.75 kw min/lb. of batter as it passed through the
baking step is fully cooked but relatively moist at a
oven in 150 seconds. A flow of air at ambient tempera
moisture level of about 12 to about 33 wt.%. The cake
ture was passed through the oven to remove moisture.
maybe dried to a desired moisture level, usually about
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5%
:Feed rates _ I
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IWet mix-
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8.75 kg/minv
4.375'k'g/min
Water
temperature of 57
With gas
10
I addition
Density (g/cc)
Shear (kg)
addition
0.29
21
0.35
11
, Temperature rise
t0'2l9' F.
. Moisture lossv
v.
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Example 2
- i This Example illustrates the formation of-a chocolate 20
sponge cake.
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25
"
, 1.34
Sodium bicarbonate
0.32
Cocoa
30
10.82
Wet mix
99.16
Vanilla
0.84
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35
Dry mix
8.848 parts/min
Wet mix
. Water
ponents,
~ Energy used .
45
to 212' F.
, Moisture loss
Temperature rise
as follows:
100.00
Feed rates
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it
. 0.99
, Baking powder
>
36.31
Salt
50.22
Flour
Sugar
SUMMARY OF DISCLOSURE i
g/cc,
After drying to wt.% moisture, the sponge cake had a 50
density of 0.29 g/cc and a shear value of 13 kg.
Example 3
Example illustrates the formation of a vanilla
sponge cake wherein baking powder is completely ab- 55
sent.
_ Sugar
60"
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57.759
1.00s
>
Wetmix
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99.09
: Vanilla
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23 wt.%.
weight
100.000
steam, and
51.233
:Flour
Salt
Emil.
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0.91
100.1!)
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100 pm by weight
0 to about 2.0 parts by weight
0 abm" 1-5 Parts by weiBh
" 5 pm by weigh
components.
liquid whole eg
"mm" mm
(3) Watef-
is about 120 to about 50 psig and said work done is about 15 d 11' Th? Process f<f1a1m 10, wherein 581d sugar in said
5 to 6 watt hr/lb. of cake-forming components.
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contains cr
stalline su
ar.
"about 80 F.
sugar
about 40 to about 60 M by
wash
?our
weight
35
40
45
50
S5
60
65