Patent ID: 6258395
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
A method of producing a comestible, said method comprising the steps of:a) preparing a baking mixture having a moisture content;b) providing a mold arrangement including a mold cavity which is sealable from ambient pressure, the mold arrangement having first and second mold members which define said mold cavity when positioned in a confronting relationship;c) placing the baking mixture in one of the first and second mold members and thereafter positioning the first and second mold members in said confronting relationship;d) sealing said mold cavity so as to seal the mold cavity sufficiently to allow pressure and temperature to rise above ambient levels; ande) heating the mold arrangement including the baking mixture such that pressure in the mold cavity rises above ambient pressure and a substantial portion of said moisture content in the baking mixture remains in the mold cavity as the baking mixture heats to form said comestible and such that a portion of the baking mixture is forced against the interior wall of the mold arrangement to form said portion of the baking mixture into a de-aerated thin shell which surrounds an interior portion of the comestible.