Are 'Baking Powder' and 'Baking Soda' the same thing?!
Are 'Baking Powder' and 'Baking Soda' the same thing?
Answers:
A. Both baking soda and baking powder are leavening agents, which means they are added to baked goods before cooking to produce carbon dioxide and cause them to 'rise'. Baking powder contains baking soda, but the two substances are used under different conditions.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate. When baking soda is combined with moisture and an acidic ingredient (e.g., yogurt, chocolate, buttermilk, honey), the resulting chemical reaction produces bubbles of carbon dioxide that expand under oven temperatures, causing baked goods to rise. The reaction begins immediately upon mixing the ingredients, so you need to bake recipes which call for baking soda immediately, or else they will fall flat!
Baking Powder
Baking powder contains sodium bicarbonate, but it includes the acidifying agent already (cream of tartar), and also a drying agent (usually starch). Baking powder is available as single-acting baking powder and as double-acting baking powder. Single-acting powders are activated by moisture, so you must bake recipes which include this product immediately after mixing. Double-acting powders react in two phases and can stand for a while before baking. With double-acting powder, some gas is released at room temperature when the powder is added to dough, but the majority of the gas is released after the temperature of the dough increases in the oven.
Source(s):
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/foodchemis...
NO! Do not substitute one for the other.
No
Baking powder is a leavening product, to make stuff rise
Soda cause a reaction with other ingredients to rise.
no there different
No.
Both baking soda and baking powder are leavening agents, which means they are added to baked goods before cooking to produce carbon dioxide and cause them to 'rise'. Baking powder contains baking soda, but the two substances are used under different conditions.
Baking Soda releases its gasses immediately (or starts to rise) and Baking Power is a mix of powers so it has stages were eventually some of the gasses are released during the baking period. Cooking is kinda like an experiment. if you use the wrong chemical everything will explode.
No they are not the same thing.