Abstract
The purpose of this study was to improve the quality of yellow layer cake by adding the Adenophora remotiflora powder. The effects of the Adenophora remotiflora powder in on the final product quality of yellow layer cake and the optimum amount of the Adenophora remotiflora powder in the yellow layer cake formula were investigated. The more increased amounts of Adenophora remotiflora powder was added to the samples, the resulted in "L", and Hunter's "a" and "b" values of the crust color of yellow layer cake were significantly decreased (p<0.05). In the case of crumb color, the more increased levels of Adenophora remotiflora powder led to the samples, the "L" and "a" values were significantly decreased (p<0.05), but "b" value increased significantly (p<0.05). As more Adenophora remotiflora powder was added to the cake samples, the Hardness, Gumminess and Chewiness were significantly increased (p<0.05), but Springiness and Cohesiveness were did not. The results of sensory evaluation showed revealed that the addition of 2% of Adenophora remotiflora powder of overall acceptability were most preferred. Larger scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of numbers of greater concentrations of cells with different sizes were observed for in samples from products that received 1 % Adenophora remotiflora powder addition. Collapsed cells and cell coalescence with big large and irregular shapes were shown observed in samples that were amended with at 2, 4, and 8% addition Adenophora remotiflora power. The addition of Adenophora remotiflora powder was shown to improved the functionality and quality characteristics such as color, taste and flavor of yellow layer cake. Therefore, it was expected that the 2% addition of Adenophora remotiflora powder will improve the preference to the yellow layer cake.