| 摘要 |
Disclosed are dry mixes for the provision of finished cakes, especially layer type, having a discrete and discontinuous pudding phase characterized by large sized pudding regions. The present dry mixes require no batter mixing or aeration but merely require the addition of measured amounts of water and baking. The present mixes comprise a cake component comprising a conventional full formulation dry mix for cakes in a particular physical form referred to as "granulated." Additionally, the mixes comprise a pudding component comprising a conventional instant pudding also in granulated form. The granulated pudding components have also been formed into larger sized pieces referred to herein as "nuggets." The granules of both the layer cake and pudding components are each essentially characterized by the physical features of (1) particle size, (2) bulk porosity, (3) density, (4) initial rates of moisture absorption, and (5) moisture content. Conventional agglomeration equipment and techniques employing moisture as the binding agent are useful herein for preparing the granulated pudding and layer cake fractions of the present invention. Providing the pudding component in the form of nuggets overcomes problems of insufficient rehydration in the provision of layer cakes with large pockets of a discontinuous pudding phase. |
