Kitchen Lab

1 Condiments Edition Controlling Cupcake Density with Sugar Volume

by Mika Tsuyukubo

Bring science into the kitchen with this fun and educational cookbook series. Make your own cheese with just milk and lemon, or crystallised gummy sweets with sugar and agar-agar. The science behind each process is explained, as everyday condiments are transformed into the ingredients for some amazing experiments – such as how to adjust the density of cupcake crumb by sugar alone. The author has a PhD in culinary science and is passionate about making science accessible to a wider audience.

28 x 23 cm, 48 pages, Full-colour photographs and illustrations
First published December 2022