Sensory evaluation of cakes with sugar showed that control cake
had golden brown crust color, dome shaped crust, creamish white
crumb color, fi ne crumb grain, sof t texture and clean mouthfeel
with pleasant taste (Figs. 3and 4). The cakes with 25% SO had dull
brown crust color, uneven crust shape, dull white crumb color, non-
uniform crumb grain with majority of the cells showing closed and
compact structure. Also, the cakes showed doughy mouthfeel and
possessed bland taste without any perceptible sweetness. Addition
of increasing amount of SO (50, 75, 10 0%) brought about
improvement in the crust, crumb characteristics and sweetness.
This is refl ected in the increase in the overall quality score with
increase in SO (25 e10 0%) from 30 to 6 8 for the maximum score of
10 0 when compared to control cake with sugar (88). The above
results indicate that addition of 10 0% SO is better in improving the
quality characteristics of cake without sugar (p < 0.05).