Quality Characteristics of Pound Cake with Cranberry Powder

Abstract

This study was investigated cranberry powder substituted for flour in pound cake recipes with the amounts of 0, 4, 7, 10, and 13%. Cranberry powder have of 6.47% of moisture content, 3.38% of crude protein, 4.92% of crude fat and 0.43% of crude ash. No significant difference in weight was found from increased cranberry powder concentration. Volume and specific loaf volume have decreased as the cranberry powder content increased. No significant difference in moisture and brix was found from increased cranberry powder concentration. pH have decreased as the cranberry powder content increased. 'L' and 'b' decreased with an increase in the cranberry powder concentration, but 'a' increased. The texture measurement result showed that the hardness and chewiness of cake have decreased as the cranberry powder content increased. springiness, cohesiveness and adhesiveness showed no significant difference with the increasing amount of caked cranberry. Overall preference scores showed a high overall acceptability for the cake made with 7% cranberry powder.