baking powder
Chemical lift agent
Baking powder is a leavening agent used in baking to make doughs and batters rise.
It contains baking soda and an acid that react when moistened, producing carbon dioxide bubbles that create a light, airy texture: Add two teaspoons of baking powder to the flour.
Unlike baking soda alone, it doesn't require an acidic ingredient in the recipe to activate.
Small, leavened quick breads
- muffinsIndividual baked breakfast cakes
- sconesSmall quick breads
- pancakesFlat griddled breakfast cakes
- cupcakesSmall individual frosted cakes
cornbread · cake · waffles · quick breads · banana bread · soda bread · doughnuts · cookies
Fermenting fungus
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- cream of tartarPotassium bitartrate for baking
- sodium bicarbonateAlkaline cooking compound
- double-actingOperating in both directions
single-acting · aluminum-free · carbon dioxide · aeration · gas bubbles · fermentation · proofing · reactant
Determining size or amount
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- mixingCombining into one mass
- foldingBending something over itself
- batterUncooked cake mixture
dough · teaspoon · tablespoon · recipe · ingredients · substitution · activation · preheating
biscuits
Small, leavened quick breads
- muffinsIndividual baked breakfast cakes
- sconesSmall quick breads
- pancakesFlat griddled breakfast cakes
cupcakes · cornbread · cake · waffles · quick breads · banana bread · soda bread · doughnuts · cookies · shortbread
yeast
Fermenting fungus
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- cream of tartarPotassium bitartrate for baking
- sodium bicarbonateAlkaline cooking compound
double-acting · single-acting · aluminum-free · carbon dioxide · aeration · gas bubbles · fermentation · proofing · reactant · phosphate
measuring
Determining size or amount
batter · dough · teaspoon · tablespoon · recipe · ingredients · substitution · activation · preheating · resting
fluffy
Soft and light-textured
spongy · tender · soft · risen · lofty · voluminous · delicate · crumbly · moist · dense
- ingredientsflour, eggs, salt, pepper, sugar
- Food Sciencefood science, enzymes, carbohydrates, proteins, pH
- cooking agentsyeast, active dry yeast, instant yeast, cream of tartar, leavening agent
- leavenersyeast, active dry yeast, instant yeast, fresh yeast, sourdough starter
- Victorian foodsplum pudding, treacle, mock turtle soup, turtle soup, gruel
- bakingcake decorating, mixing, whisking, beating, cake
baking powderyeast
Fermenting fungus
sourdough starter · active dry yeast · instant yeast · fresh yeast · wild yeast
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