Can I substitute baking soda for baking powder?!


Question: I just started making a brownie recipe that asks for 1/4 baking powder and as I went to get it, i realized I do not have it anymore.
I do have baking powder and corn starch.
Am I able to substitute baking soda for baking powder?


Answers: I just started making a brownie recipe that asks for 1/4 baking powder and as I went to get it, i realized I do not have it anymore.
I do have baking powder and corn starch.
Am I able to substitute baking soda for baking powder?

Yes, you can but instead of 1/4, use 1/6 of baking soda. But then the result of your brownies will be crispy. Try it. I am sure, with your new recipe, you will discover a better taste of brownies.
Now I am hungry!!!!!!!!!!! Have a nice day :)

no thats a big problem dont do it just quit and w8 for tomaro when you get some

nope you can't. Baking soda is bitter. don't even try.
unless you like bitter brownies!

no you can not sorry. and i am a little confused you say the recipe calls for baking powder which you say you have did you mean you have baking soda

Well if you absolutely cannot go to the store and get some baking powder use this

EX 3 teaspoons of baking powder

substitute:

2 t baking soda
1 t cream of tartar

no!

Definitly not something you want to do if you want to enjoy the brownies. I know I ruined some cookies by grabbing the wrong thing once.

If you look up Baking Powder on Wikipedia, it has some suggestions for Baking Powder substitutions.

I was curious so I looked it up myself. Apparently you can mix either white vinegar, lemon juice or Cream of Tartar with Baking Soda and get the same effect of Baking Powder which is basically just a mixture of sodium bicarbonate with an acid.

Good Luck!

That would be a big mistake.

In most circumstances you can make substitutes when making a recipe. But baking uses the fine art of chemistry one false move and you can fail. I found a web site that can help you. http://www.wikihow.com/Substitute-Common...

No.

Baking powder is a mixture of baking soda and cream of tartar. If you have cream/tartar lying around, look up how to do it online.

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, baking powder is different. My can of it says it contains Rice Flour, Phosphate Aerator, Sodium Bicarbonate. Baking powder can be added to plain flour to make it self raising flour. (2 teaspoons to 1 cup). So if your recipe says plain flour plus baking powder, you could use self-raising flour and leave out the baking powder. Hope it works. (I am in Australia we call our flours different names to America). I have a notion that phosphate aerator might be what we call Cream of Tartar, but I'm not sure.

baking powder make the doe to rise so it would be unwise not to use baking powder

you can not make bread, cake cockies and brownies without baking powder. the doe will sink and it taste like BADNESS





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