2006-12-18 06:57:11 · 17 answers · asked by a girl 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
No - they are not the same. Baking Powder contains Baking Soda and an acid like cream of tartar. Most cookbooks have a substitution formula for them - but I've found that the substitutes fall short of the real thing.
2006-12-18 07:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by josu63 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate, has the chemical formula NaHCO3.
Baking powder is normally made of three different parts:
An acid
A base
A filler of some sort
All three need to be dry powders that can be mixed together. For example, baking soda (a base), cream of tartar (an acid) and corn starch (the filler) are three common ingredients.
When you add water to baking powder, the dry acid and base go into solution and start reacting to produce carbon dioxide bubbles.
Single-acting baking powder produces all of its bubbles when it gets wet.
Double-acting baking powder produces bubbles again when it gets hot.
Many recipes call simply for baking soda rather than baking powder. Usually these recipes use some kind of liquid acid like buttermilk or yogurt to react with the baking soda to produce the bubbles.
2006-12-18 15:10:47 · answer #2 · answered by sloop_sailor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. Baking soda makes things rise, powder does not but will make things brown faster.
2006-12-18 15:05:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Baking powder contains baking soda in it as well as several other ingredients. The two products react with different ingredients for rising.
2006-12-18 15:00:35 · answer #4 · answered by KDdid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
Baking powder is a leavening agent (it artificially makes doughs rise), baking soda helps balance out acids.
2006-12-18 15:00:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no baking powder its a raising agent used in bakery,baking soda its an abrasive
2006-12-18 15:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by rannico10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and if you substitute either for the other your baked item will not turn out as well.
2006-12-18 15:04:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sheila 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is pretty much the same thing, Just one has acid in the power mixture
2006-12-18 15:08:01 · answer #8 · answered by Searching for something to do 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, one is a leavening agent used in the rising of bread and the other is not.
2006-12-18 15:01:28 · answer #9 · answered by ratdog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are two completely different things
2006-12-18 15:01:41 · answer #10 · answered by Huey from Ohio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋