that your batter contains an acidic ingredient (such as yogurt, buttermilk or lemon juice).that your batter contains a liquid ingredient (such as water or milk).In other words, in order for baking soda to function properly, you need to make sure: In order for this reaction to occur, the batter needs to reach a temperature of about 80☌/175☏.
Combined with a liquid and an acidic ingredient in your batter or dough (such as buttermilk or cocoa powder) it releases carbon dioxide. It is usually sold as a fine powder and it kind of looks like ordinary table salt with a finer texture. Once in the oven, both baking soda and baking powder produces bubbles of carbon dioxide that expand in a hot oven, lightening the texture of your cake and making it fluffy and delicious.īaking soda, also known as bicarbonate of soda, is basically pure sodium bicarbonate: a chemical compound with a slightly salty, soapy taste. Trust me… What is the difference between baking soda and baking powder?Īs any home-baker knows, baking soda and baking powder are both leavening agents, which means that you can use them to make cake batter (cause you want to make a cake today, remember?) rise during baking. It makes for much easier reading (and typing). I’m only going to talk about cake from now on, because I don’t want to have to say, um, type out the long list of different baked goods these rules apply to all the time. So whether you’re making a cake, cookies, quick bread, muffins or pancakes, these rules can be applied to the mixing and baking process. Just now that baking powder, baking soda and self-raising flour react in the same way in all kinds of batters and doughs. Oh, and let’s just say you want to make a cake today. I just came up with this post instead! To keep me from thinking too much about chocolate, cake and other things that are of no use to me right now and to learn more about baking soda, self-raising flour and baking powder!
Draper’s team of creative geniuses/weirdo’s/Peggy’s! Anyway, not being able to taste anything isn’t the end of the world for my blog. If you happen to find them, please contact me asap! Because – just in case you’re missing the obvious here – trying to come up with new and exciting recipes for your food blog is pretty hard when you cannot taste anything!īut don’t worry, I’m kind of creative. Worst part of my head cold? I can’t taste anything! Nothing at all! I keep looking for strong flavors that I might actually be able to taste, like tiramisu or peanut butter, but it seems that my head cold has kidnapped my tastebuds and hidden them somewhere in a dark basement. I mean, what’s wrong with wearing sweats and chilling on the couch watching Mad Men? Nothing, right? But trust me, it’s not that much fun when you’re sick… I know that sounds like I had a good week. It got me! Which means that I’ve spent the last week (with the exception of one or two days on which I actually – and naively – thought that my body had banished the bug) on the couch, wearing the Rocking Rebel’s worn-out sweat pants (because they’re way more comfortable than my tight, semi-fashionable ones), watching episodes of Mad Men on Netflix. The past week, I’ve been in and out of bed with a major head cold! One of those sneaky head colds that lure you into thinking you may not really get sick from it… Those head colds that somehow manage to convince you that if you just kill your head ache (and throat ache and neck ache and all other aches you may have) with some aspirin and go to bed early, you’ll be fine the next day… The stupid, irritating kind of head cold that makes you feel like you’re all better when you wake up, only to knock you down after breakfast again…Īaaanyway, that kind of head cold.
I mean, I know I’ve never met most of you face-to-face, but let’s not make this whole blogging-thing too difficult for me, okay? Right now, my life is difficult enough as it is: I’ve been sick.
Hey everyone! Long time no see!? Can I say see? Wait, can I type see? Or should I say – um, type – that I haven’t blogged for some time? You know what? Let’s not be one of those obnoxious people who try to be correct and right all the time.