Baking Quiz Questions

1. What is at the centre of a Bundt cake?

2. What flavour is Devil’s Food Cake?

3. What is the traditional frosting for carrot cake?

4. How did ‘pound cake’ get its name?

5. What is the main ingredient of Angel’s Food Cake?

6. Pink and yellow sponge, jam and marzipan come together to make what cake?

7. What is the French word for ‘cake shop’?

8. Mr Kipling is famous for making what?

9. Which cake derives its name from the French word for lightning?

10. Simnel cake is traditionally eaten when?

11. Which culture baked the first known cakes?

12. Tiramisu is made of sponge lady fingers dipped in what?

13. Which style of cream tea puts the jam on first, then the cream?

14. Profiteroles and eclairs are made of what type of pastry?

15. How many series of Great British Bake Off did Mary Berry co-judge with Paul Hollywood?

16. Traditionally enjoyed during November, Parkin cake has what distinctive flavour?

17. Almonds, jam, shortcrust pastry and frangipane combine to make what sweet treat?

18. The current Guinness World Record for the largest Jaffa cake has been held sine 2017, but how wide was it?

19. What type of pastry is a key ingredient of Baklava?

20. How is a Marble Cake made?

21. How many donuts would you be eating if it was a bakers’ dozen?

22. What is a ‘cronut’?

23. What is the name of the real life New York City bakery that leapt to fame after featuring in Sex & The City?

24. According to Country Living Magazine, what was Britain’s favourite cake in 2018?

25. In what year was the cupcake invented?

Answers

1. A hole 2. Chocolate 3. Cream Cheese Frosting 4. Traditionally made with a pound of each ingredient 5. Egg whites 6. Battenberg 7. Patisserie 8. ‘Exceedingly good cakes’ 9. Eclair 10. Easter 11. Egyptians 12. Coffee 13. Cornish 14. Choux 15. 7 (before it moved to Channel 4 and she quit) 16. Ginger 17. Bakewell Tart 18. 4ft 18 inches 19. Filo 20. Two different flavours and colours of sponge are swirled together and baked 21. 13 22. A New York pastry creation, mixing a donut with a croissant 23. Magnolia Bakery 24. Lemon Drizzle 25. 1796