Fresh batter containing hydrocolloids had a significantly (P ? 0.05) higher viscosity than that of fresh control batter. This
result was consistent with previous conclusions obtained by Ashwini, Jyotsna, and Indrani (2009) that hydrocolloids like arabic gum, guar gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan gum and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose increased the eggless cake batter viscosity. The addition of all three hydrocolloids also retarded the decrease in batter viscosity caused by frozen treatments (Table 2), which could be caused by the inhibition on the increase in D Hm. After 4 weeks or 3 cycles, the viscosity of batter containing hydrocolloids were still higher than that of control batter, and the viscosity of batter containing CMC was the highest.