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A person found that the cake prepared by him is hard and small in size. Which ingredient has he forgotten to add that would have caused to cake to rise and become light? Explain your answer.

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The baker has forgotten to add baking powder while making the dough for the cake. Actually, sodium hydrogen carbonate present in baking powder releases carbon dioxide on baking. The bubbles of the gas evolved leave behind pores which make the cake soft and fluffy.
`2NaHO_(3)overset("Heat")toNa_(2)CO_(3)+CO_(2)+H_(2)O`
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