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Baking Powder

Baking powder is a chemical leavening agent used in doughs and batters during cooking. The powder reacts with moisture, heat or acidity, producing carbon dioxide. The result is a "foaming action" which lightens and softens the dough or batter. Baking powder is generally baking soda mixed with an acid, usually acetic acid.

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Do you actually need baking powder to bake something and what happens if you don't use it?

Baking powder is a raising agent commonly used in cakes, biscuits, etc. If a recipes calls for baking powder, you should use it as it performs the important function of producing gases during the baking process which creates lift and aeration. If you do not use baking powder, where indicated, you will find that your cake will not rise or your biscuits will be flat and lifeless! There are, of course, lots of recipes which do not need baking powder. Also, self raising flour already contains a set quantity of raising agents and therefore recipes which use this as an infgredient are less likely to need further raising agents such as baking powder or sodium bicarbonate.

Sourdough vs baking powder or baking soda?

Sourdough is a type of bread made with yeast starter instead of dry yeast. Starter is for yeast bread and baking powder and soda are for quick breads and cookies. They are not interchangeable.

Why do you need baking soda in cookies and not baking powder?

Baking powder is a rising agent, designed to make breads and cakes soft and fluffy. This is usually not desired in cookies.

Can you use cream of tartar in bath bombs?

Yes you can, it's a common alternative to citric acid. Just use half as much as you would with citric acid.

Why use baking powder in cakes and honeycomb?

In other to make honey cake it need the volume from baking powder to raise and also baking powder help the cake to form the the honey comb mixture.

What does baking powder consist of as mixture?

Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), sodium bitartrate, and cornstarch polymer

How many teaspoons of baking powder are in a container?

It depends on the size of container you buy.

The average size baking powder container sold is 8.1 oz (230g)

that size has a little more than 47 teaspoons.

When you use plain flour instead of cake flour do you not have to add baking powder?

Follow the recipe for the amount of baking powder to use whether your using regular flour or cake flour. Neither of them have baking powder, unless it is "self rising" which means leavening is included.

What is the American equvilent to a packet of baking powder?

This is an absolute guess, but the question has been up for a while. If you look, most recipes use a ratio of 1 teaspoon of baking powder to 1 cup of flour. I have never heard of baking powder being in a packet like dry yeast, but I suspect it is a teaspoon. Again, I have nothing to back this up, just a guess.

What happens when you put baking powder in soup?

You'll probably get a few bubbles and it may taste a little bitter.

Baking powder mixed with vinegar is physical change?

Actually it's a chemical change. The baking soda reacts with the vinegar to produce carbon dioxide gas, which is why it fizzes when you mix the two together. The reaction between the two is listed below:

NaHCO3(s) {baking soda} + CH3COOH(aq) {vinegar} ---> NaCH3COO(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

Baking powder to remove cat urine if no baking soda available?

Baking soda does not help with removing the smell of cat urine, because both are basic/alkaline. Baking powder has both an acid and a base so is not helpful as these cancel out each other and you need more acid to cancel out the urine's alkalinity.
Vinegar or Cream of Tartar are more useful on urine smells as their acid reacts with the alkaliner of the urine to neutralise it.

What happens if you forget to put baking powder in dumplings?

they will not rise well by baking or frying, other alternative is to mash the ingredients well

How much does flash powder cost?

You cannot buy flash powder online or at any other store - that would be like buying C4 over the Internet. You would need to make it yourself from an oxidizer and aluminum or magnesium powder.

Is eating too much baking powder bad for health?

I want to know if eating baking poweder is harmful to your healh. I love eating it.....My kids think that I have a problem...I will go to the bathroom

How to fix accidentally adding baking powder to a recipe?

This can't really be corrected without starting all over with your recipe. In baking, there's a chance the baking powder will only cause your food to rise a little more, maybe give it a slight salty taste, but otherwise won't hurt much.