• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.30-33
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• 2002

The quality of an angel food cake prepared with albumen of irradiated eggs was investigated. Fresh shell eggs were irradiated at various doses up to 3 kGy. Egg white from irradiated eggs decreased the specific gravity and increased the pH of cake batter. The specific volume and expansion ratio of the cake increased by the use of albumen from irradiated eggs. Egg white from irradiated eggs made the crust color of cake darker, more reddish and yellowish. The textural characteristics of the cake were also affected by irradiation. Irradiation caused a decrease in hardness, gumminess and brittleness and an increase in cohesiveness and springiness. Overall, egg white from irradiated eggs apeared to make an angel food cake softer than that of non-irradiated egg white.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.167-172
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• 2009

The principal objective of this study was to determine the optimum manufacturing conditions of egg white with high foaming property for the production of angel food cakes. The egg whites were desugarized and powdered at predetermined pHs and drying temperatures. The physicochemical properties of the produced cakes were measured and sensory evaluations were conducted on a 9-point scale. The volume and textural properties of cakes produced from spray-dried egg whites did not differ from those of the cakes prepared from the control egg whites. The pH of batter and the specific gravity of foam and batter with egg white powder at pH 6.74/66.5$^{\circ}C$ did not differ from those of the control, whereas the one prepared with commercial powder lost the characteristics of cake to a significant degree. The overall acceptance scores of egg white powder of pH 6.74/66.5$^{\circ}C$ and commercial powder were 6.25 and 2.33 as compared to the control (6.42). These results indicate that the egg white powder that was desugarized, pH-adjusted to 6.74, and dried at 66.5$^{\circ}C$ might be utilized to prepare angel food cakes with the desirable physicochemical and sensory attributes.