GB1401601A - Apparatus for making cakes - Google Patents

Abstract

1401601 Microwave baking apparatus DCA FOOD INDUSTRIES Inc 3 Jan 1974 00324/ 74 Heading A2A An apparatus for the production of baked goods comprises a pressurised reservoir 10 capable of holding a large volume of cake batter 11 which is forced through a conduit 14 into an extrusion nozzle 15. The nozzle 15 is adjacent to a baking chamber 16 disposed in a baking apparatus or oven 17 comprising a microwave cavity. The batter 11 passes into the vertically disposed baking chamber and leaves from the opposite end of the chamber as a solid rod of baked cake which is cut into segments 19 by slicing means 20. In a further embodiment, Fig. 2, extrusion nozzle 27 is provided with a space through which centrally extends a tube 30. One end of the tube 30 is attached by means of a continuation 31 of tube 30 to'a second pressurised reservoir 32 containing a confectionery filling. By this means a filled cake product may be obtained. In an additional embodiment, Fig. 9, a pair of conveyor belts 58, 59 are drawn together through a pair of microwave transparent plates 60 and 61 which define a baking chamber disposed in a microwave cavity. The conveyor belts are provided with matable shaped hollows 63 and 64, so that, when they are brought together within the baking chambers, the hollows will be aligned and form a mould. The batter is deposited by nozzle 65 on belt 59 prior to its entry into the baking chamber.