Question

Why cake or bread swells on adding baking powder write its chemical equation

Answer 1

if we add baking powder Nahco3 in food items it releases after cooking food co2 .co2 particles are fastened with food particles and make food particles soft and spongy



Nahco3 +C4H6O6 --------Na3C6h5o6 + h2o + co2 unbalanced


balanced

27Nahco3 + 10c4h6o6 -------- 9Na3c6h5o6 + 21h2o + 33 co2