Editing Confectionery (section)

==Bakers' confectionery==
[[File:Pink and white Easter petits fours.jpg|alt=Small, square cakes frosted with pink or white icing|thumb|upright|[[Petits fours]] are baker's confections.]]
Bakers' confectionery includes sweet baked goods, especially those that are served for the [[dessert]] course. Bakers' confections are sweet foods that feature [[flour]] as a main ingredient and are [[baking|baked]]. Major categories include [[cake]]s, sweet [[Pastry|pastries]], [[doughnut]]s, [[scone]]s, and [[cookie]]s.<ref>{{cite book|editor = International Food Information Service|title = Dictionary of Food Science and Technology|date = 2009|publisher = Wiley–Blackwell|location = Chichester, U.K.|isbn = 9781405187404|page = 39|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=akYLOTMdCSEC&pg=PA106|edition = 2nd}}</ref> In the Middle East and Asia, flour-based confections predominate.

The definition of which foods are "confectionery" vs "bread" can vary based on cultures and laws. In Ireland, the definition of "bread" as a "staple food" for tax purposes requires that the sugar or fat content be no more than 2% of the weight of the flour, so some products sold as bread in the US would be treated as confectionery there.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oxner |first1=Reese |title=For Subway, A Ruling Not So Sweet. Irish Court Says Its Bread Isn't Bread |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/919189045/for-subway-a-ruling-not-so-sweet-irish-court-says-its-bread-isnt-bread |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=NPR.org |date=1 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017001527/https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/919189045/for-subway-a-ruling-not-so-sweet-irish-court-says-its-bread-isnt-bread |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Types ===
{{see also|List of cakes|List of cookies|List of doughnut varieties|List of pastries}}[[Cake]]s have a somewhat bread-like texture, and many earlier cakes, such as the centuries-old [[stollen]] (fruit cake), or the even older [[king cake]], were rich yeast breads. The variety of styles and presentations extends from simple to elaborate. Major categories include [[butter cake]]s, [[torte]]s, and [[foam cake]]s. Confusingly, some confections that have the word ''cake'' in their names, such as [[cheesecake]], are not technically cakes, while others, such as [[Boston cream pie]] are cakes despite seeming to be named something else.

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File:Wesh cakes.jpg|[[Welsh cake]]s are cooked on a griddle.
File:Korean rice cake-Mujigae tteok-01.jpg|Korean [[rainbow rice cake]] is for celebrations.
File:Birthday Cake by 'Valentina's Cakes' in Binghamton, New York.jpg|[[Birthday cakes]] may be elaborately decorated.
File:Pruegeltorte.JPG|European [[spit cake]]s are baked around a metal cylinder.
File:Pink rose birthday cake (5919553257).jpg|Cake with decorations made from sugar
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[[Pastry]] is a large and diverse category of baked goods, united by the flour-based doughs used as the base for the product. These doughs are not always sweet, and the sweetness may come from the sugar, fruit, chocolate, cream, or other fillings that are added to the finished confection. Pastries can be elaborately decorated, or they can be plain dough.

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File:Choux pastry buns, 2009.jpg|[[Choux pastry]]
File:Besamelas-(La Rosita).jpg|Empty shells made with [[puff pastry]] can be filled with fruit or cream.
File:Pumpkin-Pie-Slice.jpg|[[Pie]] is made from a [[pie crust]] and a sweet filling.
File:Baklava - Turkish special, 80-ply.JPEG|[[Baklava]] is made with [[phyllo]] pastry.
File:Moon cake in mid autumn festival.jpg|[[Mooncake]] pastries are made to celebrate the [[Mid-Autumn Festival]] in East Asia. 
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[[Doughnut]]s may be fried or baked.

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File:Glazed-Donut.jpg|Glazed raised doughnut
File:Oliebollen bakken (4233801075) (2).jpg|[[Oliebollen]] and similar doughnuts are fried in hot fat.
File:Christmas doughnut display (15459326042).jpg|Decorated doughnuts
File:Apple beignets (5492114879).jpg|[[Apple fritter]] with powdered sugar 
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[[Scone]]s and related sweet [[quick bread]]s, such as [[Bannock (British food)|bannock]], are similar to [[baking powder biscuit]]s and, in sweeter, less traditional interpretations, can seem like a [[cupcake]].

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File:Scones Jam Cream.jpg|Scones with jam
File:2scones.jpg|Cranberry scones with icing
File:Golden-Krust-Rock-Cake.jpg|A sweet [[rock cake]] 
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[[Cookie]]s are small, sweet baked treats. They originated as small cakes, and some traditional cookies have a soft, cake-like texture. Others are crisp or hard.

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File:Breakfast pizzelle, January 2013 (8505127567).jpg|Thin wafer cookies such as [[pizzelle]] have been made since the Middle Ages.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPNgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT368|title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets|date=1 April 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199313624|page=368|language=en}}</ref>
File:Runde braune Lebkuchen - Flickr - tm-md (7).jpg|Spicy [[lebkuchen]] are a German Christmas treat.
File:Biscuiteers Polka Dot Heart Product.jpg|Cookies can be elaborately decorated.
File:Oreo-Two-Cookies.jpg|Oreos are an example of a mass-produced cookie.
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