BPP Lesson1
BPP Lesson1
BPP Lesson1
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RBKEA
RYD TEHA
What is Baking?
Is the process of cooking
food by indirect heat or
dry heat in a confined
space usually in an oven
using gas, electricity,
charcoal, wood at a
temperature from 250°F-
400°F.
It is considered the best method of
cooking to retain the nutrition value of
food.
Career Opportunities
International Baker
Chocolateir
Pastry Chef
Bakery Owner
Executive Pastry Chef
Research and Development Pastry Chef
Cake Designer
Cruise Ship Pastry Chef
Bakers from five stars hotels restaurants
to make high-quality breads and
pastries
History of Baking
Baking is as old as human existence.
Since then, grains have dominated the
human diet. In Swiss Lake Dwellers,
more than 8,000 years ago, learned to
mix flour and water which they cooked
on heated stones. It was then were flat
bread started and this flat bread is still
evident today.
Royal Egyptian household discovered
accidentally that the dough when set aside
flowed expanded. Records show that
already in the years 2600-2100 B.C. bread was
baked by Egyptians, who it is believed had
learned the skill from the Babylonians . A
relief representing the royal bakery of
Ramses features bread and cakes, some of
these were shaped in the form of animals
and used for sacrifices.
Other early records, this time by the Greek
scholar (Aristophanes 450-385 B.C), show the
existence of honey flans and patterned tortes.
According to Aristophanes, the ancient Greeks
also had a type of doughnut made from crude
flour and honey called “DISPYRUS” a ring-
cake that was submerged in wine and
consumed hot. The Babylonians, Chileans,
Assyrians and Egyptians had used the same
procedure of baking bread.
Inevitability, Greek culture influenced the
Roman Empire. Bakery know-how was
transformed and really flourished. During the
fourth century A.D., evidence also emerges of
the first pastry-cook’s association or
“PASTILLARIUM” in those times nomenclature.
Now it is well known, the Romans were a
lusty, festivity loving lot and even though a
decree as passed by the Senate designed to
curb excesses by citizens, the sweet art of
pastry-cooking (considered decadent by
some) emerged as a highly respected
profession. Indeed, the bakery business was
so profitable that in the time of Christ around
three hundred independent bakers existed in
Rome. The rewarding and diverse trade of
this business then was recorded by Cato (234-
148 B.C). The engravings on a tomb-stone of a
Roman baker, dating back to the first century
A.D., show the different stages in the
production of bread at that time.
Globalization, Plump cake and bready
dough with lots of butter, cream and raisins
became popular in Late.
17th Century
Sugar was cheap.
The emergence of mince pies made with
sugar and spices.
The refinement of flour lead to the
development of gingerbread.
Pastries were considered fashionable
during this period.