Question

Why cake or bread swells on adding baking powder?write chemical eq.

Answer 1

Cake or bread swells on adding baking powder:

• The baking powder is one known mixture of baking soda or sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid.

• This means that the baking powder is the mixture which consists of one weak acid and one weak alkali.

• Its primary feature is to increase the quantity of food and helps in lightening the textures present in the cake.

• Baking powder is responsible for releasing carbon dioxide or $CO_2$ in the batter.

• As a result, bubbles are formed which make the cake more fluffy and less dense.

• This happens when the water is mixed with the flour in which the baking powder is mixed. This in turn causes the reaction which is given:

       $NaHCO_3 + H^+ \rightarrow Na^+ + Co_2 + H_2O$.

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(a) KCl

(b) KHCO₃

(c) NaHCO₃

(d) KHC₄H₄O₆

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