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what is a baking powde ? Explain the action of baking powder in making cake (bread) .write the equation involve in this reaction​

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Baking powder is a food additive which is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid.

On mixing baking powder with water, which is present in the dough prepared for baking a cake or bread, sodium hydrogencarbonate reacts with tartaric acid to evolve carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas gets trapped in the wet dough and bubbles out slowly, and the cake becomes soft and spongy.

The chemical formula of baking powder is NaHCO3(baking soda) CaHPO4 2H2O(calcium acid phosphate) (C6H10O5)n(starch).

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