How does baking powder make the cake soft and spongy


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

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Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid, and is used for increasing the volume and lightening the texture of baked goods.

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