Popular Cake Types

The moment we think of bakery products, first thing that comes into mind is the cake. We cannot even think of celebrating any happy occasion without a cake. A cake is the essence of all parties liked by people of all ages.

One can choose cake of their individual choice for celebrating the occasion. There are many varieties of cakes available. The type of cake includes cake made from chocolates like chocolate rum cake, fudge cake and chocolate orange cake. All the chocolate cakes are made from exotic moist chocolate, rum, some with orange and rinds. Other type of cake includes Pineapple cake, Pineapple and raisins cake made from margarine or butter cheeriest chunks and seedless raisins.

Marble cake, Honey cake, and Spicy ginger cakes are made from cocoa, honey, golden syrup, black treacle, dark brown sugar and rich spices. For people in love with fruits the choice can be Rich fruitcake, Light fruitcake, wheaten fruitcake, and Carrot cake. These cakes are made from melted butter with sherry brandy dried fruits carrot bananas walnuts and almonds. All these cakes are available in beautiful colors and attractive sizes.

In general, there are two types of cake: foam and butter cake. The differentiation is based on the amount of fat containing. Cakes that do not contain fat, like sponge, angel food and chiffon cakes are referred as foam cakes. They contain large proportion of egg and not butter. Foam cake includes eggs and includes egg whites or whole eggs or yolks, with sugar, folded into a small proportion of flour. They are fat free cake. Cakes like Chiffon and Angel Cake is perfect example of foam cake made from vegetable oil, egg yolks dry ingredients chocolate, strawberry and Bavarian cream. People who want to enjoy cake with fruits and ice cream can go for Meringue cakes.

One can also enjoy the taste of chocolate, fruit, pastry cream, or whipped cream along with egg yolk in Genoese Cake. Sponge cakes may contain milk for soft and dry texture. It can be any type of cake. The making process and ingredients included is same.