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 ...

Baking powder and baking soda are two of the most important ingredients on the baker’s shelf. The advent of these chemical leaveners — as opposed to relying on naturally occurring yeast or the ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Baking powder might not be the star of the kitchen, but let's be honest: it's a behind-the-scenes hero. You might think of it as just a leavening agent for your cakes and cookies, but it's got a whole ...