French · IV The Method
Creaming method
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Description
Beating softened butter with sugar to incorporate air, creating the leavening foundation for cakes and cookies. Sugar crystals cut into soft fat creating thousands of tiny air pockets. When baking powder generates CO2, it expands these existing pockets. The result is fine, even crumb.
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Flavour Context
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Pillars V — VII
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