Cut and Fold

To cut and fold is to blend a mixture by using one of two motions;

1) cutting through the mixture with the edge of a spoon or other implement, or;

2) sliding the implement along the bottom of the bowl and bringing it up at the side so as to lift the lower portion of the mixture and fold it over the upper portion.

These motions are repeated until blending is complete.  The object is to mix without loss of air, as when blending stiffly beaten egg whites into a cake batter.

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