Moisture content of cake samples during storage
Staling of cake samples during storage
Changes in staling of cake samples were followed during 21 days of storage and the results are summarized in Table 14. It was clearly noticed from the obtained data that the incorporation of either watermelon rind or sharlyn melon peel powder in cake batter as replaces of fat at all the studied levels enhanced the baked cakes freshness at all the storage period being significantly higher than the control at all the corresponding periods. The staling values of the different cake samples were reduced gradually during storage. The lower reduction in staling values (high freshness) was achieved in cake made from substituted fat with different levels of watermelon rinds and the control cake sample. It was observed that cake substituted with 5% sharlyn melon peels had the highest values of staling being 345.37% after 21 days of storage as compared to all other cakes and the control samples followed by cake made from substituted at the same levels of watermelon rinds powder.