A white powder added while baking breads and cakes to make them soft and fluffy write the name of the powder name its main ingredients explain the functions of each ingredient write the chemical reaction taking place when the Powder is heated during baking
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The white powder is sodium hydrogen carbonate which is commonly called as baking soda.
The main ingredients are sodium,hydrogen,carbon and oxygen..
when it is heated --
2NaHCO3___∆____ >Na2CO3+H2O+CO2.
Answer:
The name of that white powder is baking powder, which makes the breads and cakes soft and fluffy.
The main ingredients of a cake or a bread is :Baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, yeast and the most important, 'Flour'.
.Baking powder and yeast :They make the cakes and bread soft and fluffy.
Salt and sugar :They should be added in an adequate amount as they the main ingredient for taste in a cake.
Flour:It are the most important ingredient, as without it , making a cake is impossible.
NaHCO3 + CaHPO4.2H2O ---> (C6H10O5)n + and other by products