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Baking powder is a leavening agent, which is what causes the cake to rise. Too little baking powder will cause the cake to be tough and compact, and won't rise as expected.
Baking powder is baking soda plus acid, and is used in recipes that don't have acid--acid being what makes baking soda leaven things. I've used baking powder in recipes that call for baking soda, and it didn't hurt them; maybe they were a bit fluffier but that's okay.
Baking powder can be used for cleaning, cooking and odor control.
Baking powder allows the dough to rise, and is often used with salt.
Yes, baking powder is used in preparation of cakes, but few breads. Baking powder and baking soda are leavens, which cause them to rise. Three to four teaspoons of baking powder is used in making biscuits. But most breads have yeast, in some cases salt, to make them rise.
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Baking soda can be helpful in the bath to reducing the itch from chickenpox. Baking powder is not normally used.
if the recipie says to use baking powder you should use that as that is how it is sopose to be used but you may try and use baking soda if you don't have baking powder
No. Baking powder is used to make floury things rise. Baking soda is used to add soda bubbles. But Baking Soda and Bicarbonate of Soda are the same thing.
Baking powder and bicarbonate of soda are abrasive and should not be used to brush the teeth.
When baking powder is used in baked products it produces carbon dioxide
Baking powder makes most types of flowers die, this is because of the chemicals used in the baking powder. If you want to clear your garden, you can actually use baking powder! It doesn't work on weeds though.