A white powder is added while baking bread and cakes to make them soft and fluffy. What is the name of the powder? what are the main ingredients in it? what are the functions of each ingredient?
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white powder is baking powder which is used in baking industries to make their stuff soft n fluffy
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It works by releasing carbon dioxide gas into a batter or dough through an acid-base reaction, causing bubbles in the wet mixture to expand and thus make the dough or cake soft
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The white powder is known as baking powder. It can be composed of a number of materials, but usually contains baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3), cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate, C4H5KO6), and cornstarch.
Baking powder is used to increase the volume and lighten the texture of baked goods.It releases CO2 by an acid-base reaction,thus making the dough soft and fluffy.
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