3.5.3. Sensory evaluation
Table 4 shows sensory scores for seven attributes of the difference
test and five attributes of the preference test. There were
significant differences in air cell homogeneity, hardness, chewiness,
and softness (p < 0.05), appearance and texture, and overall quality
of the preference test also differed significantly. Air cell homogeneity
and softness exhibited higher scores in cupcakes prepared
from smaller sized rice flour, but hardness and chewiness showed
reverse trends. Particle size distributions of rice flours affected the
structure of crumbs in appearance, hardness and softness in
texture, and overall quality of cupcake. It is suggested that rice flour
(HP-120, or HP-160) was appropriate to make cake-type bakery
products.