Chemistry in the Kitchen Spring 2021
Oh the science you will learn…
Scientific Content of the Ingredients: The ingredients that this recipe calls for are cream cheese, eggs, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, flour, cocoa, baking soda, water, vinegar, vegetable oil, and vanilla. For some of the ingredients, their purpose is flavor, like vanilla, and salt. Others, work behind the scenes in the chemistry aspects of it, to …
Like all baked goods, the cupcakes need an acid to react with a base in order to create Carbon Dioxide. For Hidden Giant cupcakes the acid is White Vinegar, with an pH of 2.4, and the base Baking Soda with a pH of 8.3. Baking soda is a pretty common thing for someone to have …
In hindsight this recipe is very simple and straight forward. Basically you are making two mixtures and then combining them to make these delicious cupcakes. To see the actual science involved in this recipe click here. Above is the time card for this recipe:Â TACglperine
Gracie P is currently a first year student at Dickinson College, and has recently declared herself to be a History Major. When she isn’t tirelessly studying the effects of the American Revolution, one thing she likes to do is bake! While she mostly bakes brownies, and lemon bars, her favorite thing to make is her …