Test Your Baking IQ -- Part One

So you think you know baking?  I picked the ten easiest questions from a bakeshop final exam.  Give 'em a whirl.  The answers can be found on our website.

True or False:

1. Sugar is a dry ingredient.
2. Water always boils at 212 degrees.
3. Frangipane is made from hazelnuts.
4. In bakers percentages, flour is always 100%.
5. A high-ratio cake refers to the high percentage of flour compared to the percentage of shortening.
6. Buttercream is used to coat classic French Petit Fours.
7. All flours produce gluten.
8. Genuine couverture chocolate contains cocoa butter and no other fat.
9. Sugar stabilizes meringues.
10. The biscuit method uses liquid fat.

If you answer these ten questions correctly, we'll have ten more next week.