Doughnuts are tasty baked snacks that can be consumed for breakfast. They are usually deep fried and sweet, have a hole in the center and are filled with tasty items like creams, custards or jellies. They come in two fundamental types – cake and yeast. Common toppings for doughnuts include caramel, glaze and powdered sugar.
Pastries
Pastries are essentially cake-like food items prepared using multiple ingredients including sugar, butter, flour, baking powder, eggs and shortening. Their fat content is higher than that of bread. They are commercially available as desserts, croissants and quiches.
Bagels
Prepared from yeast wheat dough, bagels have a ring-like shape and are popularly eaten as breakfast items. They are often browned and feature a tough, thick & crispy. They usually feature toppings of sesame seeds and poppy. Almost every bakery prepared bagels, and there are even shops specialising in this item.
Pies
Most bakeries in Australia sell pies more often as dessert food items. Pies are baked dishes that consist of several pastry dough layers that form a shell, which is filled with sour or sweet fillings. Pies can even be eaten for dinner, as there are certain variants that contain meat. However, non-veg pies are seldom sold by bakeries. Vegan pies come in a wide range of flavours like apple, blackberry, strawberry, cream, cherry, key lime, lemon meringue and custard.
Breads
Breads are generally produced in a plethora of varieties such as rye, pumpernickel, Italian and even
artisan breads. They are among the oldest kinds of food existing in the world. The primary group of ingredients used for preparing bread are baking dough, water and flour, whereas items like salt, milk, fat, baking soda, yeast and sugar form the second group. High quality artisan breads are even prepared to contain vegetables, seeds and nuts.
Besides the above mentioned items, there are many other baked goods, including cakes, pizzas, ciabatta, cookies and biscuits.
Nearly everyone reading this blog right now would be able to relate to the wonderful experience of walking inside a bakery while smelling the fresh and sweet aroma of baked goods just out of the oven. In the modern age of frozen and prepackaged foods, bakeries offer a fresh alternative that features a wide range of mouthwatering delicacies. Let’s have a look at a few products that we often encounter at bakeries and that are usually delicately packed in plastic wraps with the help of bakery packaging equipment:
