how does baking powder make the cake soft and spongy ? explain it by giving chemical reaction involved in it.
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how does baking powder make the cake soft and spongy ? explain it by giving chemical reaction involved in it.
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Baking powder on heating produces carbon dioxide gas which causes bread or cake to rise making it soft and spongy.
NaHCO3 + H --(heat)-- CO2 + H2O + sodium salt tartaric acid
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As we know the chemical formula of baking powder if NaHCO3 on heating baking powder that is sodium hydrogen carbonate it releases Na2CO3 ( sodium carbonate) , carbon dioxide and water. This carbon dioxide makes cake spongy and fluffy. Without adding baking powder, cake will become small and hard.
The reaction is as follows:-
2NaHCO3-------(heat) ---> Na2CO3+ CO2+ H2O
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