Baking+Facts

=**Ten Baking Facts**=

1. Baking powder can be substituted for baking soda in banana muffins.

2. When mixed with water, two proteins in flour help to create gluten, which helps to give bread dough its elastic properties.

3. The Egyptians were the first to make pastries, when they would make a water and flour paste to wrap around meat so that it would soak up the juices.

4. There are two types of cakes: those made with fat, and those made without.

5. The difference between baking soda and baking powder is that baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate, but baking powder contains sodium bicarbonate as well as an acidifying agent like cream of tartar and a drying agent like starch.

6. It is likely that the first bread was made by accidentally combining flour and water, and then experimenting with baking it.

7. There are many different forms of grain including meal, bran, flakes, flour and grits, as well as many others.

8. TYPES of grain include buckwheat, barley, amaranth and corn.

9. Types of pastries are pie, strudels, doughnuts and the french c roquembouche.

10. The celtics used cakes for strange pagan rituals.