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http://www.joyofbaking.com/bakingsoda.html

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How Baking Soda Works (n.d) Retrieved June 4th, 2017, from http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/12/cookie-science-how-baking-soda-works.html

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Qualitative: The texture and shape of the cupcakes

Quantitative: The percentage of how many turn out well.

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I would like to learn what the effects of baking soda are.

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Amount of batter Containers
Temperature
Amount of time
Recipe

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The amount of baking soda added to each batch

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Overall the batches with less baking soda work better, but the one that worked the best was batch 2, the one with ½ a teaspoon. If I do this again, I think that I will test the effects of baking soda vs. baking powder, to see which one is actually more effective.

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Batch One had not risen, but looked normal, and had a good texture.

Batch Two had risen, looked completely normal, and had a good texture.

Batch Three had exploded a little, and looked like someone had pressed down the middle with a spoon. The texture was a little dry, but otherwise normal

Batch Four had exploded and expanded, and looked completely not normal. The texture was also dry.

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1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F

2. Prepare the cupcake batter exactly as the recipe says.

3. Split the batter into 4 bowls.

4. Add 0 baking soda to the first bowl, ½ teaspoon to the second, 1 ½ teaspoons to the third, and 2 tablespoons to the fourth.

5. Mix the baking soda into each bowl. Set aside.

6. Take the cupcake liners. Write 1 on three cupcake liners, 2 on three cupcake liners, 3 on three cupcake liners, and 4 on three cupcake liners.

7. Put the 12 cupcake liners that you wrote on in the pan, making sure to keep the groups together.

8. Take the first bowl. Pour its contents into the cupcake liners labeled: 1.

9. Take the second bowl. Pour its contents into the cupcake liners labeled: 2.

10. Take the third bowl. Pour its contents into the cupcake liners labeled: 3.

11. Take the first bowl. Pour its contents into the cupcake liners labeled: 4.

12. Put the pan in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes.

13. When the timer goes off, take the cupcakes out of the oven, and let them cool. You’re done!

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If I add more baking soda, the cupcakes will rise.

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Does the amount of baking soda added to a batch of cupcakes affect how they turn out?

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- One batch of the Chocolate Cake recipe from The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook.  (Without baking soda)
- Baking Soda
- 4 bowls
- 4 spatulas
- An oven
-  Measuring Spoons
- Measuring cups