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Baking Soda vs Baking Powder

Baking Soda vs Baking Powder

There’s a lot of science involved behind baking. So, I am planning to tell you the difference between baking soda and baking powder, to help you understand how they work and affect your baking. Be a better baker by learning this interesting baking tip!

Now when it comes to baking soda and baking powder, these two looks almost identical when poured out. But keep in mind that either one or the other one, or even both, is called for in most baking recipes. I am sure you have often come across recipes with both baking soda and baking powder. Ever wondered why? 

From biscuits, cupcakes, cakes, and everything in between, they are used a lot so it’s important to understand how these two works. Both baking soda and baking powder are chemical leaveners. That means they react when they are added to a batter or a dough to create a chemical reaction that leavens your baked goods—adding light, fluffy, and airy texture to them.  

Both are used to neutralize the PH balance of a recipe. Baking soda is a natural alkaline ingredient that is activated by the presence of some sort of acid in the dough or batter recipe. The important thing to know about baking soda is that there must be an acid present in the mix and recipe somewhere, for it to be activated. If there is no acid, then the baking soda can’t do anything to help leaven your recipe. 

Baking Soda

Baking soda begins to leaven the moment it hits the liquid and acid in the recipe and will continue to leaven through baking. So, if you wait too long before baking, you may notice a decrease in leavening effect. And if you use too much baking soda, you may taste an unpleasant metallic flavor in your baked goods, and that’s not what you want. 

Baking Powder

Alright, moving on to baking powder. Baking powder is a combination of baking soda, a starch, and an acid. Unlike baking soda, baking powder does not require an acid to activate. Really what all the baking powder needs is moisture to activate and then heat from the oven to give it the longer-lasting slow-releasing leavening effect that it provides.  

You will notice that a combination of baking soda and baking powder in baking is called for. This is because when they are combined, they work well to neutralize acid and produce lots of leavening effect, to give you that light and delicate texture. Hopefully, this article has given you some ideas now. 

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