Baking for Kids Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wash your hands.

Before you do any work in the kitchen that involves food, you need to make sure that you wash your hands. This makes sure that any dirt or germs that you have on your fingers don't get transferred to the food that you make.

Answer: To make sure that the oven is at the right temperature to bake your treats.

When ovens are heating, the burner or heating element at the bottom can become very hot. If a recipe needs the oven to be at 350 degrees to bake properly and it is not preheated, this could result in scorching the bottoms while under-cooking centres of cakes and cookies as the oven heats up.

Answer: Yes

Adding extras to most muffins is okay as long as you don't add too much, and as long as the extra ingredient won't interfere with the flavour of the muffins. For example, adding dates or raisins to oatmeal muffins is likely all right, but adding them to chocolate or blueberry muffins maybe wouldn't taste very good (but it depends on what you like!). If you do decide to add an extra to muffins, be sure to get some direction from an adult.

Answer: Use oven mitts.

Always use oven mitts to protect your hands from burning. If you do have an accident and get a burn on your fingers while you work in the kitchen, you should run them under cold water right away to help get rid of the pain. Always tell your adult supervisor if you burn your fingers. They can help decide if further treatment will be needed.

Answer: Tie your hair back before starting.

Long hair should always be tied back before you start baking. This will help to keep loose hair out of the batter. It is also very important when using beaters. If long hair gets caught in beaters, it will very quickly get wrapped around the beaters, causing pain to you and knots in your hair that are very difficult to remove.

Answer: Yes, but only if you increase the amount of baking powder.

Baking soda and baking powder both do similar things to your baking. They act to help baked goods like cakes and muffins rise. You can substitute the baking soda with baking powder if you use four times the amount of baking powder that your recipe says to use for baking soda. On a side note, you can also substitute the other way (use baking soda if you have no baking powder), but you need to add some Cream of Tartar first, so get an adult's help with that substitution.

Answer: At 22 minutes.

Ovens vary in their cooking temperature, so recipes will often give a range of cooking times. Always check at the first time indicated. If it isn't cooked, check again every minute or so until it is cooked. This approach will help you avoid burning your baked treat.

Answer: No, they should be filled to about a finger-width from the top.

Cupcakes will rise while cooking. This means that they are designed to get taller as they bake. If the batter is placed in the pans to the top of the cups, this will make a mess in the oven because the batter will slop over the edge as the cupcakes start to cook. Placing the batter in the cups of the pan with a space at the top will allow the cupcakes to rise without causing a mess as they bake.

Answer: Four-and-a-half teaspoons.

If there are three teaspoons in each tablespoon, that means that there are one-and-a-half teaspoons in each half tablespoon. If your recipe calls for one-and-a-half tablespoons of vanilla, but you don't have a tablespoon, use three teaspoons to substitute for the tablespoon, plus one-and-a-half teaspoons for the half tablespoon, for a total of four-and-a-half teaspoons.

Answer: Place the cup on the counter, bend over to watch, and slowly add milk until it reaches the half cup mark.

When measuring liquids, always place the measuring cup on a counter and slowly pour the liquid into the cup. This ensures that the liquid will come to the proper level. If you hold the cup up, you might tilt it and end up with the wrong amount of the liquid as a result.