Friday, December 31, 2010

The Delicate Baking Procedure To Make Great Halal Cakes

By Martha Daniels


In the Islamic religion, the term halal means food that is permissible. The opposite of halal is haram, which means forbidden. And there are foods distinguished as haram, including pork, blood, animal meat where the animal was butchered not in the name of Allah, carrion or carcasses of dead animals, alcohol, and any other food over which Allah's name was not pronounced.

Halal restaurants are registered to serve halal foods on their menu. And this extends beyond the censure of food items which are explicitly forbidden. Serving halal foods also implies that the technique for preparation and cooking observed halal procedures. For example, utensils utilised for cooking haram foods are not employed for cooking halal foods. Not a minute bit of component which is regarded haram is present in halal foods.

People usually think that halal foods are just peculiar to main courses, but there are also halal cakes. These cakes have no alcohol substance, because alcohol is a prohibited substance. Many bakers use a touch of alcohol to give the cake a great flavour. Usually the alcohol serves up as an emulsifier. In fact, there are rhum cakes, obviously with rhum, cakes made with brandy, food for the gods, dark chocolate cakes that are sometimes blended with red wine to grant that sharp feel, aroma, and taste of decadency.

But this is not to say that halal cakes are bland and lacking in flavour. To substitute alcohol, they are baked employing more dependable fruit-based alternatives like apple juice, or vanilla extract that is perfectly alcohol-free. Solid fat is also utilised in baking, and so halal cakes are baked with fruit-based solid fats that work well even for chocolate cakes.

Additionally, shortening ingredients can also be based on haram sources, and so these are also taken out of halal cakes and desserts. Rather, apple sauce, pureed prunes, and apple butter come as delightful replacements.




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