Yes, leavening is typically vegan as it consists of ingredients like yeast, baking powder, or baking soda that do not contain animal products.
It might be that you attempted to make vegan cupcakes from a regular mix or recipe calling for eggs. The eggs provide leavening (rise) and structure to the batter as it bakes. To make vegan cupcakes you would need some other ingredient to replace the eggs. Some vegan recipes use additional oil to replace the fat in the egg yolks, along with cider vinegar and both baking powder and baking soda to provide leavening. See link below for some examples.
How do you measure Leavening agents?
Salt (NaCl) is not a leavening agent.
Leavening means to put something into dough which ferments and causes the dough to rise. The most commonly used leavening is yeast.
"Without leavening, bread will not rise and stays flat."
No, but they do have a line of vegan shoes. The vegan shoes are listed as vegan on the website.
yes, both are leavening agents
The function of a leavening agent in cooking helps to tenderize the ingredients. The ingredients get softer the longer they soak with the leavening agent.
flour that has leavening and salt added is self-rising flour.
Leavening is what causes the bread to rise. The difference between say a tortilla and a biscuit.
The icing is vegan.
Eggs and honey are not vegan but are vegetarian. Vegetarian- not mean. Vegan- not from an animal. Fish is not vegan.