Measurement of physical and sensory characteristics of cake Cake volume was measured by the rapeseed displacement method. The specific volume of the respective cakes was calculated after measuring their weight.
Objective measurement of texture was taken in a texture analyser (model 4301, Stable Micro Systems, Godalming, UK) by slightly modifying the standard AACC method (74-09) that is followed for measuring bread firmness. Cake was cut into slices of 25mm thickness by hand using a thickness monitor. Crust portion was removed. A pre-test speed of 2.0mms−1 andatestspeedof1.67mms−1 wereused. A cylinder aluminium probe P-35, 35mm diameter, was used to measure the required compression force. Force required to compress 25% of the cake slice was recorded. Cakes were evaluated on a five-point hedonic scale for crust colour, crumb colour and grain, mouthfeel and taste by a panel of judges. The data were statistically analysed using Duncan’s new multiple range test.13