Question

what us baking powder and how does it make the cake soft and spongy? (chemistry) ​

Answer 1

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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

WHEN BAKING SODA REACTS WITH TATARIC ACID, IT FORMA BAKING POWDER WHICH IS NEUTRAL WHERE BAKING SODA IS BASIC

IT REACTS WITH THE BATTER TO PRODUCE CO2 WHICH MAKES THE CAKE FLUFFY AND SOFT