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    In baking: Entrapped air and vapour

    The vaporization of volatile fluids (e.g., ethanol) under the influence of oven heat can have a leavening effect. Water-vapour pressure, too low to be significant at normal temperatures, exerts substantial pressure on the interior walls of bubbles already formed by other means as the interior of…

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    In baking: Steam leavening

    All leavened products rely to some extent on water-vapour pressure to expand the vesicles or gas bubbles during the latter stages of baking, but some items also utilize the leavening action produced by the rapid buildup of steam as the interior of the…

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