Science of Baking (with Rahul Mandal) | What makes a cake rise? | Science at Sheffield

Nuclear researcher Rahul Mandal is our resident Bake-Off superstar. To celebrate British Science Week, we asked him to teach us about the science of baking and to answer the question: what makes a cake rise? Find out how acids and alkalis react to help your mixture rise and how proteins are kneaded and uncoiled to create the perfect bake.