What is the difference between pastry and bakery products?

Answer 1

Pastry is made from flour a little water and butter/shortening oil and somtimes sugar. It is primary used to encase sweet or savoury foods. Sometimes pastrty can stand alone like choclate fantasy.

A cake is a stand alone dessert which along with butter/shortening oil and flour also contains a mild raising agents eggs and some form of liquid usually milk cake are usually turned out to cool before being iced, frosted or decorated.

They are always sweet food. Generally cakes have a spongy and slightly moist feel and should bounced back when pressed firmly but not hard. For example Carrot cake and Black forest gateux.

Answer 2

A dessert can be any sweet dish that ends a meal. A bowl of fruit or a dish of ice cream might be served for dessert. A pastry is a foodstuff that is baked with "paste" or a dough made of flour (usually,) some sort of fat, and other ingredients. Pastries can be savory and served before a meal as appetizers or as the main course, as in the case of a Welsh Pasty or any savory pie, tart or quiche. A pastry is only a dessert when it is a sweet dish served at the end of a meal.

Answer 3

i think its the protein.

pastry flour has about 1%more protein than cake flour.

pastry flour absorbs less liquids in mixes, i use it for pie crusts, cookies or maybe muffins

Answer 4

The raising agent. A pastry (patisserie) is a small cake or tart, usually made with baking powder. Bread pastry (viennoiserie) such as Croissants or pains au chocolat is raised with yeast.

Answer 5

Birthday cake is a cake, a apple turnover is a pastry

Answer 6

Baking is a method of cooking with dry heat. Pastry is a type of food that is usually baked.

Answer 7

Yes cake is a pastry