Baking soda has always been a household staple: This handy powder can help you spruce up your oven, dishwasher and even UGG boots, leaving them all looking as good as new. However, when it comes to ...

When your pancakes come out too flat or your cake doesn't rise, your leavener might have lost its oomph. Here's how to do a ...

Baking soda and baking powder are both common leavening agents for quick breads, cakes, cookies, and more. Both are critical in making doughs or batters rise, but they are not the same thing and ...

Has this happened? You're getting ready to bake a few dozen cookies. You’re pulling out the ingredients, and you see it calls for baking powder and baking soda. But you only have one. Now you’re ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

Have you ever wondered about the differences between baking powder and baking soda? They’re two white powders that look alike, but using the wrong one can turn a perfect recipe into a baking disaster.

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Baking soda and baking powder are both chemical ...