JPH0739292A - Cake baking container for microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a sponge cake-baking container used for a microwave oven and capable of producing burnt marks on the outer surfaces of the sponge cake with the microwave oven to improve the flavor. appearance, inner water content and handleability of the baked sponge cake. CONSTITUTION:The cake-baking container for a microwave oven is characterized by disposing conductors in the ceiling part, side surface parts and bottom surface part of a paper, ceramic or plastic container for receiving a baking cake to partially shut microwaves in the ceiling part and partially or wholly shut the microwaves in the side surface parts and in the bottom surface part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cake baking container for a microwave oven, and more specifically, it converts a part of microwaves in a microwave oven into Joule heat and at the same time controls microwaves passing through the container. The inside of the container is heated at an arbitrary ratio from the outside to the inside to generate charring on the outer surface of the sponge cake to improve flavor, moisture inside the cake, and handleability of the cake after baking. The present invention relates to a baking container for a microwave oven.

[0002]

[Problems to be Solved by Conventional Techniques and Inventions] In the modern climate such as an increase in dual-income households and an increase in personal orientation, simple and time-saving cooking methods are becoming more and more important. On the other hand, as typified by words such as authenticity-oriented food and gourmet-oriented food, at the first glance, there are growing demands that are contradictory to simplicity.

That is, it is a desire of many consumers in the present age that they want to eat quickly, conveniently and deliciously, and the microwave oven is a powerful means for realizing this expectation. Microwave “fast” and “convenient”
The convenience of making is widely accepted, and now there is a feeling that microwave ovens have become essential items in our daily lives.

However, it is still insufficient in terms of making "delicious", and it is considered that there is room for improvement. In fact, microwave ovens are mainly used for unprepared food such as thawing frozen food, reheating cold side dishes, warming drinks and simple cooking, and it is not often used for complicated cooking. The current situation. This is because heating by a microwave oven is significantly different from external heating by conventional heat conduction such as boiling, baking, frying, and steaming, and it is internal heating that mainly shakes water in food by microwave irradiation to heat it. caused by. That is, in a normal use method, there is a high possibility that defects such as uneven heating, no browning, and reduced water content may occur.

Therefore, recently, many cooking methods have been devised in which a microwave oven main body or a container is devised so that a heating function by heat conduction from the outside is added to the microwave oven.

As an example of improving the main body of the microwave oven, for example, there is a method in which the microwave oven with an oven function is combined with the heating by the oven and the oven to perform the external heating and the internal heating at the same time.

[0007] Further, as an example of improving the container, a method of promoting heat conduction by using a thick container (the container is manufactured by Anchor Hocking Co .: trade name "MICRO WARE SUPREM"
E)), a method to keep the vapor generated in the container inside (the container is manufactured by Nittetsu Shoji Co., Ltd .: there is a product name "Range Sheet Series"), a part of the side of the container is made of metal. (Refer to Toyo Aluminum Co., Ltd .: trade name "Tofres Cup"), which lowers the height of the container and at the same time smoothes the bottom corners to prevent microwave concentration. The uniform heating is realized by the above. Furthermore, using a container in which aluminum is vapor-deposited thin enough to transmit microwaves on a plastic film, an electric current is generated by the transmission of microwaves, and the Joule heat generated at that time causes charring on the food surface inside. Method (the container is manufactured by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd .: trade name "heater net"), aluminum foil pieces are arranged on the upper surface of the container, and the phase of microwaves irradiated from above is adjusted to uniformly heat or Local heating method (Alcan Packaged Foil and Cont
ainers: There is a product name "MICRO MATCH") etc. have been devised.

However, the above-mentioned method is not a sufficient method when applied to baking of cake, and there is a demand for development of a cooking method suitable for baking of cake and a baking container. That is, in order to easily make a sponge cake at home, if the cake is baked using a microwave oven by the above-mentioned method or the like, unevenness in baking occurs due to the above-mentioned reason, and especially the peripheral portion is dried or burnt. There is a problem that a good flavor is not obtained because it is not generated, it becomes like a steamed bread, and there are various problems that the material spills out during microwave irradiation (cooking).

In order to solve these problems, a method of increasing the water content in the material of the cake, a method of using a water retention agent, a method of using modified wheat flour, and a method of using an auxiliary hood during baking (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5) No. 137494) has been proposed.

However, in any of the methods, the form of the baked cake is a non-stick steamed cake, and there is a problem that flavor and appearance, moisture retention after baking, and handling performance for processing are inferior. However, in the present situation, the problem that the sponge cake is produced using a microwave oven is not particularly browned has not yet been solved.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to generate charring on the outer surface of a sponge cake in a microwave oven, and as a result, to improve the flavor, appearance, moisture inside the cake, and handleability of the cake after baking. An object is to provide a sponge cake baking container for a microwave oven.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a conductor is arranged on each of a ceiling portion, a side surface portion and a bottom portion of a container for heating an object which is made of paper, ceramics or plastic, and the ceiling portion is a micro By partially blocking the wave, the side surface portion and the bottom surface portion, by providing a microwave cake cake baking container, characterized in that the microwave is partially or completely blocked The above object is achieved.

The cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention will be described in detail below. In the present invention, as the paper, ceramics, or plastic constituting the above-mentioned object-to-be-heat-stored container, those generally used for microwave ovens can be used without particular limitation.

In the present invention, the conductors arranged on the ceiling, side and bottom of the container are members for converting a part of the microwave radiated in the microwave oven into Joule heat, and the It is also a microwave blocking material having a wave blocking property, and examples of the material forming the conductor include an aluminum material and a stainless material.

In order to dispose the conductor on the ceiling portion, the side surface portion and the bottom surface portion, a method of coating the inner surface or the outer surface of the ceiling portion, the side surface portion or the bottom surface portion, or the ceiling portion, the side surface It can be arranged by a method of forming a part and a part of the bottom surface part with the above-mentioned conductor, and can also be arranged by appropriately combining the above two methods.

In the present invention, the microwaves can be partially blocked by disposing the above-mentioned electric conductor, which is a microwave blocking material, having a large number of openings, and In order to block the microwave entirely, it is possible to arrange the above-mentioned conductor having no holes. That is, the cake baking container for a microwave oven of the present invention has a conductor having a large number of openings for partially blocking microwaves in the ceiling portion thereof, and the microwaves are partially provided in the side surface portion and the bottom surface portion. Alternatively, it is configured by disposing a conductor that cuts off the entire surface.

Further, in the present invention, the above-mentioned electric conductor, which is a microwave blocking material disposed on the ceiling portion,
Has a number of openings on average, the open pore one area is 4 × 10 ^-4 ~1cm ^2, unit area of the open hole (10 cm ²⁾ footprint is 30% to 70% of the members per Is preferable, and specifically, a mesh material having a mesh diameter of 0.2 to 10 mm and the like can be mentioned. Further, the conductor as the microwave blocking material arranged on the bottom surface has a large number of openings on average, and the area of each opening is 4 × 1.
0 ^-4 1 cm ^2, particularly preferably occupied area per unit area of (10 cm ²⁾ the open hole is 30 to 70% of the member, specifically, the mesh material of the mesh size 0.2~10mm Etc.

The cakes that can be baked in the baking container of the present invention include sponge cakes, hot cakes, pound cakes, fruit cakes, madeleines,
Examples include bread, donuts and cookies.

[0019]

The microwave oven cake baking container of the present invention converts part of the microwave radiated in the microwave oven into Joule heat at the conductor portion and heats the cake dough inside from the outside to generate charring. At the same time, the container is configured by combining a material that blocks microwaves and a material that partially transmits microwaves, so that microwaves that reach the surface or inside the cake dough are controlled and external heating applied to the cake dough Optimize the internal heating and bake the sponge cake in a short time.

[0020]

EXAMPLES The cake baking container for a microwave oven of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings, but will be specifically described by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a first embodiment of a cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the cake baking container for a microwave oven shown in FIG. 1.

In the cake baking container 1 for microwave oven of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, conductors are arranged on the ceiling portion 10, the side surface portion 20 and the bottom surface portion 30, respectively, of the object storage container made of paper. The ceiling portion 10 is partially shielded from microwaves, the side portion 20 is entirely shielded from microwaves, and the bottom portion 30 is partially shielded from microwaves. I am doing it.

More specifically, the ceiling portion 10 will be described.
Has a bottom surface of a shallow concave body made of paper made of a stainless steel material which is a conductor and a microwave blocking material, and is constituted by a ceiling surface 11 made of a stainless mesh and a cylindrical side wall 12 made of paper. Has been done. Further, the side surface portion 20 is formed by coating the lower outer surface (height for accommodating the object to be heated) of a cylinder made of paper with a stainless material which is a conductor and a microwave blocking material. The outer surface of the inner wall 22 having a long cylindrical shape is covered with the outer wall 21 having a short cylindrical shape made of a stainless steel plate. The bottom surface portion 30 is formed by coating the outer surface of a circular plate-shaped body made of paper with a stainless material which is a conductor and a microwave blocking material, and is formed on the outer surface of the inner bottom 32 made of paper. It is configured by covering an outer bottom 31 made of a stainless mesh.

And as a whole, the firing container 1 is
The outer wall 21 is inserted inwardly of the side wall 12 and has a deep bottom cylindrical concave body including the side surface portion 20 and the bottom surface portion 30 and the ceiling portion 10 is a shallow bottom cylindrical concave body. And are detachably fitted.

In order to use the baking container 1, the ceiling part 10 is pulled up to store the object to be heated such as cake dough in the container, and the ceiling part 10 is covered with a microwave oven. It can be used by heating.

As described above, by constructing the container to be heated to be made of paper or the like, it is possible to make a foldable and simple disposable baking container.

Next, another example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
5 will be described, but the points that are not particularly described are the same as those in the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view (corresponding to FIG. 2) showing a second embodiment of the cake baking container for a microwave oven of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a third example of the cake baking container for a microwave oven of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment (FIG.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view (equivalent to FIG. 2) showing a fourth embodiment of the cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention.
Is.

Cake baking container 1 for microwave oven shown in FIG.
A is configured such that the side surface portion 20A covers the inner surface of a long cylindrical outer wall 22A made of paper and the short cylindrical inner wall 21A made of a stainless plate, and the bottom surface portion 30A is made of paper. The inner surface of the outer bottom 32A is covered with the inner bottom 31A made of stainless steel mesh. And as a whole, the baking container 1 has the side wall 12
The outer wall 22A is inserted inwardly of A and is detachably fitted.

Cake baking container 1 for microwave oven shown in FIG.
B is a cylindrical outer wall 2 whose side surface portion 20B is made of paper.
The inner surface of 2B is made of a stainless steel plate, and the outer wall 22B
And an innermost wall 23 made of paper on the inner surface of the inner wall 21B.
B is arranged. The bottom surface portion 30B is formed by covering the inner surface of the outer bottom 32B made of paper with the inner bottom 31B made of stainless mesh, and further disposing the innermost bottom 33B made of paper on the inner surface of the inner bottom 31B. Has been done. Then, as a whole, the outer wall 22B is inserted inside the side wall 12B and is detachably fitted.

Cake baking container 1 for microwave oven shown in FIG.
In C, the side surface portion 20C is constituted by a cylindrical outer wall 21C made of a stainless plate and a cylindrical inner wall 22C made of paper and lower than the outer wall 21C. Also,
The ceiling portion 10C is configured by laminating a stainless steel mesh 11C on a circular body 12C made of paper. Then, as a whole, the ceiling portion 10C is inserted inside the outer wall 21C, and the circular body 12 is provided on the top surface of the inner wall 22C.
The ceiling portion 10C is placed so that the C contacts, and the ceiling portion 10C is pushed up by the baked cake during use, so that the ceiling portion 10C can be easily removed.

As in the fourth embodiment, the ceiling surface is made of a material that partially blocks microwaves,
Moreover, by making it like a drop lid, it is possible to generate grilles on all the upper, lower and side surfaces of the sponge cake.

[Example 1] 6 sets of commercially available sponge cake mix (Kao Corporation: trade name "Monton Sponge Cake Set") were prepared, 3 eggs were added to each set, and the mixture was thoroughly stirred to form 1 set. A batter weighing 400 g was prepared.

Then, 400 g each of the obtained batters, 5 kinds of containers (AE) having an inner diameter of 18 cm and a height of 11 cm.
I put it in.

The above-mentioned containers (AE) are cylindrical containers similar to the container shown in FIG. 1, and specifically, the container A is a paper container in which no conductor is arranged. It is a container with an open ceiling. Further, the containers B to E are containers whose bottom and side surfaces are made of paper, and the outer surface of the paper is coated with stainless steel, and the container B is a container whose ceiling surface is opened, and the containers C and D. And E are containers in which the ceiling surface is formed of stainless steel mesh (C and D are 1 mm mesh and E is 2 mm mesh). Further, the containers B and C have a stainless steel flat plate on the outer surface of the paper on the bottom surface.
Containers D and E are containers in which a stainless mesh (1 mm mesh) is arranged on the outer surface of the paper on the bottom surface. The constitution of the above-mentioned containers (A to E) is shown in [Table 1].

[0035]

[Table 1]

Next, a container (A-
E) was put into a microwave oven (trade name "NE-AC60": manufactured by Sumitomo Sumitomo Kikai Co., Ltd.) and baked at a strong range for the times shown in [Table 2]. The evaluation results of the baked sponge cake are shown in [Table 2].

Each evaluation in [Table 2] was carried out as follows. -Burning of the surface; the baked sponge cake was visually evaluated. -Aroma: Sensory evaluation ◎: Very good ○: Good Δ: Normal ×; Poor ・ Moisture feeling: Sensory evaluation ◎; Very good ○: Good △: Normal ×; Poor ・ Softness; Sensory evaluation ◎; Very Good ○; Good △; Normal ×; Bad

As is clear from the results shown in [Table 2],
Containers C and D that are cake baking containers for microwave ovens of the present invention
The cakes fired using E. and E had charring on the surface of the sponge cake, increasing the deliciousness of the cake.
In particular, the cake baked using the container E had a flavor and texture comparable to those of a cake baked in an oven, and could be baked in a shorter time than baking in an oven.

[0039]

[Table 2]

[0040]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The cake baking container for a microwave oven of the present invention produces charring on the outer surface of a sponge cake in a microwave oven, which results in flavor, appearance, moisture inside the cake, and handleability of the cake after baking. It is possible to improve the quality, and various cakes can be easily prepared using a microwave oven.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing an embodiment of a cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the cake baking container for a microwave oven shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view (corresponding to FIG. 2) showing another embodiment of the cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view (corresponding to FIG. 2) showing another embodiment of the cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view (corresponding to FIG. 2) showing another embodiment of the cake baking container for a microwave oven according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Firing Container 10 Ceiling Part 11 Ceiling Surface 12 Side Wall 20 Side Part 21 Outer Wall 22 Inner Wall 30 Bottom Part 31 Outer Bottom 32 Inner Bottom

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conductor is provided on each of a ceiling portion, a side portion and a bottom portion of a heated object storage container made of paper, ceramics or plastic so as to partially block microwaves from the ceiling portion. The microwave oven cake baking container is characterized in that the side surface portion and the bottom surface portion are partially or entirely shielded from microwaves.