You don't want to accidentally use the wrong one. There are two items that most of us have in our pantries that can be easily confused for each other. Not only are their names similar, but they look ...

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 may seem like magic sometimes, but it's actually science! Just consider baking powder and baking soda for a moment. These chemical leaveners are the reason your baked goods like homemade cakes, ...

Leavening agents rarely attract attention beyond the moment a cake rises or fails, yet their chemistry shapes texture, ...

Baking soda and baking powder are two types of leavening agents. They’re two distinct culinary products with similar functions. For the most part, you can use them both to give baked goods light, airy ...

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 you're one of those people who only bakes for special occasions like birthdays and holidays or the sort who bakes just about daily, you probably have a stash of baking powder somewhere in your ...

There is something special about sharing baked goods with family, friends and colleagues. But I'll never forget the disappointment of serving my colleagues rhubarb muffins that had failed to rise.