Classification and common terms of western pastry

The classification and common terms of western-style cakes are as follows:

Western-style pastry, or West Point for short, is a kind of pastry imported from abroad. The main raw materials for making western-style cakes are flour, sugar, butter, milk, vanilla powder and shredded coconut. West Point has a high content of fat and protein, sweet but not greasy taste and beautiful style, so its sales volume has increased year by year in recent years. Western-style cakes are mainly divided into five categories: snacks, cakes, shortcakes, mixed shortcakes and ancient cakes.

1 snacks

It is a pastry with small shape, diverse styles and crisp and sweet taste, which is made of butter or white oil, soft sugar, eggs, rich flour and some other accessories (such as spices and cocoa). ). such as wax ears, sand biscuits, dumei crisp, flower squeezing and so on.

2. Cake

It's a large-sized product of West Point. It has the characteristics of soft tissue, sweet taste and beautiful decoration. Its ingredients are rich in eggs and butter, so it is nutritious.

Cakes are divided into soft cakes and hard cakes.

Soft cakes are characterized by no oil, such as green cakes and flower cakes.

Hard cakes are characterized by cake ingredients containing oil and some other auxiliary materials, such as fruit cakes and sun cakes.

3. Crisps

The main raw materials of this product are flour and oil. The product style is beautiful and generous. There are many kinds, such as ice crisp, milk roll crisp, small coat, powdered sugar crisp and so on.

The other two categories:

4. Stir-fried cakes

It's a polymorphic sample made of sugar and oil noodles and eggs. It is soft and crisp, and it tastes sweet. Other auxiliary materials can be added to the surface of the product, and various flavors can be added, which is suitable for oral cavity and stomach.

5. Gas paleontology

There are many products, small in shape and soft and crisp.