US4526799A
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Process for preparing a high quality, reduced-calorie cake
Assignee: Entenmanns Inc
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Filing: 1984-03-12
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Granted: 1985-07-02
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Expires: 2004-03-12
Abstract
Abstract A dry cake mix comprising 10-50% cake flour by weight, dry basis, 0-45% sugar, 2-12% shortening, 0-20% egg white solids, 1-12% leavening agent, 0-4% emulsifier, 1-20% bulking agent and from 0-10% gum. The cake mix is combined with from 0.6 to 2.5 parts by weight water for each 1 part cake mix and baked to produce a low-calorie cake containing less than 2 calories per gram and 40% or more water on an as-consumed basis. This low-calorie cake is of high quality and excellent texture and is 40% or more calorie-reduced over conventional cakes.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin Glicksman
- 👤 John R. Frost
- 👤 Jerry E. Silverman
- 👤 Elizabeth Hegedus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:38
CPC Classifications
A; A21; A21D; A21D2/00; A21D2/08; A21D2/14; A21D2/18; A21D2/36; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A process for producing a low-calorie cake which comprises: combining from 0.6 to 2.5 parts by weight water with a dry cake mix, said dry cake mix comprising 10 to 50% cake flour by weight, dry basis; 0 to 45% sugar; 2 to 12% shortening; 0 to 20% egg white solids; 1 to 12% leavening agent; 0 to 4% emulsifier; 1 to 20% of a bulking agent selected from the group consisting of citrus albedo, sugar beet pulp, pineapple core, and combinations thereof; and 0 to 10% gum; throughly mixing the combination until it is smooth and uniform; and baking the combination at a temperature within the range of from 300° F. to 450° F. from 10 minutes to 60 minutes to produce a bake loss within the range of 5 to 20%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for producing a low-calorie cake which comprises: combining from 0.6 to 2.5 parts by weight water with a dry cake mix, said dry cake mix comprising 10 to 50% cake flour by weight, dry basis; 0 to 45% sugar; 2 to 12% shortening; 0 to 20% egg white solids; 1 to 12% leavening agent; 0 to 4% emulsifier; 1 to 20% of a bulking agent selected from the group consisting of citrus albedo, sugar beet pulp, pineapple core, and combinations thereof; and 0 to 10% gum; throughly mixing the combination until it is smooth and uniform; and baking the combination at a temperature within the range of from 300° F. to 450° F. from 10 minutes to 60 minutes to produce a bake loss within the range of 5 to 20%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the dry cake mix comprises 18 to 40% cake flour; 15 to 40% sugar; 3 to 10% shortening; 1 to 12% egg white solids; 2 to 10% leavening agent; 0.5 to 3% emulsifier; 2 to 15% bulking agent and 0.1 to 6% gum.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 or 2 wherein the bake loss range is from 8 to 12%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claims 1 or 2 wherein the leavening agent is sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminium phosphate and combinations thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claims 1 or 2 wherein the emulsifier is polyoxyethelene (20) sobitan mono-oleate, sodium stearyl-2-lactylate, mono and diglycerides and combinations thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claims 1 or 2 wherein the gum is carrageenan, guar, gum arabic, locust bean gum, tragacanth, karaya, hydroxypropylcellulose, methylcellulose, carboxymethycellulose, xanthan, pectin, alginates, agar and combinations thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the low-calorie cake contains less than 2 calories per gram.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the low-calorie cake contains 40% or more water.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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