Mix up this baking essential — or a good substitute — in minutes. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a cookbook called "Big ...

Whether I’m whipping up a batch of pancakes, a tin of muffins, or a single cake, I can almost guarantee that the recipe will call for baking powder. This staple pantry ingredient is one every baker ...

Baking powder and baking soda are two of the most important ingredients on the baker’s shelf. Scott Suchman For The Washington Post Baking powder and baking soda are two of the most important ...

A key ingredient in baking is a leavening agent (Photo: Shutterstock) I’m not a big baker and the confusion between whether to use baking powder or baking soda just adds to my distaste for this ...

Choosing between baking soda and baking powder is one of those small decisions that quietly determines whether a recipe turns out light, tender, and evenly risen, or flat, dense, and oddly bitter.

Dedicated June 12, 2006, at the Rumford Chemical Works in East Providence, Rhode Island, and April 27, 2007, at Clabber Girl headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana. Bread is considered a basic foodstuff ...

Baking soda and baking powder might sound similar, but these two ingredients are far from interchangeable. If you have ever accidentally used baking soda in place of baking powder (or vice versa) ...

Baking soda and baking powder are both leavening agents, which are substances used to help baked goods rise. Baking powder contains baking soda, along with other ingredients. Experienced and amateur ...