Quiz: How much do you really know about baking?
Want to find out how your general knowledge of baking ingredients, processes, history, and terminology stacks up? Well, this is the quiz for you.
Let's start things off easily – how many is a baker's dozen?
Which of these is a required ingredient for making brioche dough?
- Olive oil
- Coconut oil
- Lard
- Butter
Which ancient culture baked the first known cakes?
- Greeks
- Egyptians
- Romans
- Aztecs
Which biological kingdom does yeast belong to?
- Animalia
- Plantae
- Fungi
- Protista
Which of these is NOT a type of oven?
- Hibachi oven
- Clome oven
- Beehive oven
- Tabun oven
What type of pastry is used to make eclairs?
- Shortcrust pastry
- Filo pastry
- Choux pastry
- Puff pastry
Who is the patron saint of bakers?
- Saint Honoré
- Saint Lawrence
- Saint Ignatius
- Saint Patrick
How tall was the cake that holds the Guinness World Record for tallest cake ever made?
- 25 metres (82 feet)
- 33 metres (108 feet)
- 46 metres (151 feet)
- 99 metres (324 feet)
Which of these is the only legally correct name for this baked good?
- Anzac cookie
- Anzac wafer
- Anzac biscuit
- Anzac cake
Which territory did cookies originate from during the 7th century?
- Roman Britannia
- Persia
- Crimea
- Kingdom of Ravenna
What is the defining characteristic of unleavened bread?
- It doesn't contain salt
- It doesn't contain flour
- It doesn't contain water
- It doesn't contain yeast
Which of these cookies/biscuits is twice baked?
- Shortbread
- Bizcochito
- Biscotti
- Russian teacakes
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Comments (49)
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Good job Jan!
Thank you!
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Great score Jane!
Thanks! Fairly happy with it.
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Great stuff Jeremy!
Thank you, nice quiz!
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Very nicely done Nicole!