Proximate Composition and Rheological Properties of a Cake Mix Elaborated Using Composite Flour Wheat: Cassava

Cassava root is an important staple food in tropical areas, where the cultivation of wheat is scarce. The transformation of cassava by conventional and established methods; manufacturing it into flour, add value and making it non perishable. The goals of the study were to evaluate the approximate composition and rheological properties of cassava flours and a ready to bake cake mix elaborated from composite flour [wheat: cassava(70:30)]. Cassava flour elaborated from the edible portion of root sweet clones was used to obtain the ready to bake cake mix. The results demonstrated that cassava flour shows a non Newtonian pseudoplastic behavior that is typical starchy flour characteristic. Also the amylographic profiles were similar in both types of flour. Also, the cake mix shows a Farinographic Type I curve. The texture profile of the composite flour cake had shown less firmness and chewiness but more cohesiveness, and elasticity than the 100 percent wheat flour cake. The composite flour cake was accepted as well as the 100 percent wheat flour cake by judge scores.