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Substituting baking soda for baking powder helps the food to rise more, but also affects the flavor if you use too much.
Baking soda begins to release bubbles as soon as it gets wet, so you lose rising power if you delay getting the batter into the oven. Baking powder (which may be called "double acting") has some ingredients that don't release bubbles until they are heated, so it is a little more forgiving.
Baking soda helps reduce the acid in sour ingredients such as buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt, and molasses; that is why some baked goods have both.
Usual amounts are 1/4 teaspoon baking soda per cup of flour or 1/2 teaspoon baking powder per cup of flour.
Here is a lengthy article comparing the two:
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/pantry/bsbp.html
Dagmar Bergstrom
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∙ 11y agoYou can substitute baking powder in place of baking soda (you'll need more baking powder and it may affect the taste), but you can't use baking soda when a recipe calls for baking powder. Baking soda by itself lacks the acidity to make a cake rise well. I have tried it, but it definitely didn't rise as good.
Remember, after you add baking soda you have to put it last and right before you put it in the oven, as it is single acting.
If you have cream of tartar (potassium bitrate) you can mix that with baking soda and you will get baking powder.
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∙ 14y agoIt will not rise.
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∙ 12y agoyou will mess your cake up :)
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