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Baking powder is not the same as baking soda. Baking powder is a 1:3 ratio of baking soda to cream of tartar, which are both raising agents designed for different purposes - one of them is activated by water, the other by heat. Baking soda is "strong" compared to baking powder, and is not a direct substitute for baking powder.
If you read the active ingredient in the store brand of PH increase it is 100% sodium bicarbonate. Read the active ingredient on baking power 100% sodium bicarbonate. About 1/5 the cost. pound for pound I use baking powder at the same rate of PH increase.
No. Baking powder contains baking soda along with an acidic ingredient and salts.See : http://video.answers.com/baking-soda-vs-baking-powder-290159125
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The active ingredient to clean up the sulphides and oxides on a dull penny is sodium acetate. It is not an ingredient of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), but is one of the reaction products of baking soda with vinegar (acetic acid). Ray
you could use baking powder but its best to use dry active yeast
The active ingredients in something old can be gone. Advise you get some new baking powder.
Bread recipes can contain various raising agents, such as yeast, baking soda and baking powder.
No, baking soda cannot replace baking powder in all recipes because baking powder includes a acidic ingredient along with baking soda and certain salts that cause batter or dough to rise. Baking soda is purely alkaline, and requires the addition of some type of acidic ingredient in the recipe to produce the proper rise. Different recipes are formulated for either baking soda or baking powder.I suppose you could, but the recipe will probably taste terrible - and the crust won't rise.
Baking powder has two active ingredients: Cream of tartar (tartaric acid) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate).
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If one is working with equal amounts, baking soda might produce more carbon dioxide when mixed with vinegar, because baking powder is already combined with an acidic ingredient.