Question

what is baking powder and how does it make the cake soft and spongy

Answer 1

Baking powder is mixed with the flour. When water is added to this flour to make dough, baking powder undergoes a chemical reaction during which carbon dioxide gas is produced. This carbon dioxide gas gets trapped into the dough and bubbles out which causes the cake to rise making it soft and spongy.

Answer 2

hey mate.......

BAKING POWDER is a mixture of powders used to make cakes rise and become light as they are baked......

Baking powder is mixed with theflour. When water is added to this flourto make dough, baking powder undergoes a chemical reaction during which carbon dioxide gas is produced. This carbon dioxide gas gets trapped into the dough and bubbles out which causes the cake to rise making it soft and spongy.


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