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What is 'baking powder' ? How does it make the cake soft and spongy ?

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Solution :Baking powder is a mixture of baking soda `(NaHCO_3)` and an edible ACID LIKE tartaric acid.
Baking powder on heating produces carbon dioxide gas which CAUSES break or cake to rise making it soft and spongy.
`UNDERSET("Baking soda")underset("HYDROGENCARBONATE")underset("Sodium")(NaHCO_3)+underset("From tartaric acid")(H^(+))overset("Heat")rarrCO_(2)+H_(2)O+` Sodium salf of tartaric acid


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