Baking powder

baking powder

Flavor and role: A raising agent of baking soda mixed with an acid; with moisture and heat it releases carbon dioxide and lifts the batter. In frying batter it makes the coating light and crisp.
Typical dishes and uses: Fish and chips batter, pancakes, scones, muffins
Substitutes: 1 tsp baking powder = ¼ tsp baking soda + ½ tsp lemon juice or vinegar (use immediately).
Storage: Sealed in a dry place at room temperature, 6–12 months after opening. If it does not fizz in hot water, it has lost its strength.
Main countries: United States · United Kingdom
Used in this book: Fish and Chips Æbleskiver (Danish Pancake Balls)Alfajores de Maicena Bakso (Indonesian Beef Meatball Soup)Banana Bread Barmbrack Basbousa Biscuits and Gravy Boxty (Irish Potato Pancakes)Campfire Bannock Campfire Damper Classic Carrot Cake Chin Chin Chole Bhature Classic Skillet Cornbread Dorayaki Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler Fataya (Senegalese Beef Turnovers)Garlic Naan Gua Bao (Taiwanese Pork Belly Bun)Gulab Jamun Kibbeling (Dutch Battered Fish Bites)Yangnyeom Chicken (Korean Fried Chicken)Kuku Sabzi Lamingtons Lebkuchen (German Christmas Spice Cookies)Madeleines Mandazi (Kenyan Cardamom Doughnuts)Martabak Manis Nikuman (Japanese Steamed Pork Buns)Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes Pikelets Pouding Chômeur (Quebec Maple Pudding Cake)Quesadilla Salvadoreña Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake)Classic British Scones Chilean Sopaipillas with Pebre Speculoos Sticky Toffee Pudding Red Chile Pork Tamales Torta della Nonna Tres Leches Cake Victoria Sponge Zucchini Slice Overnight-Soaked Ackee and Saltfish with Jamaican Fried Dumplings Apple-Filled Brown Butter Æbleskiver Hotteok-Filled Æbleskiver (Danish × Korean)Chocolate-Dipped Alfajores, Mar del Plata Style Japanese Matcha Alfajores with White Chocolate Drizzle Ayam Penyet Kremes Beef Shank Broth Bakso Cheese-Stuffed Bakso Bakar Skewers Matcha Marble Banana Bread Banana Bread Baked Oats Masala Chai Barmbrack with Cardamom Honey Butter (Irish × Indian)Basbousa bil Ishta with Orange Blossom Syrup Basbousa Tres Leches with Toasted Coconut Cream Microwave Basbousa Mug Cake with Pistachio Yogurt Hickory-Smoked Herb-Butter Beer-Can Chicken Southern Fried Chicken and Waffles with Spiced Maple Butter Flaky Layered Biscuits with Homemade Sage Sausage Gravy Chorizo Gravy with Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuits Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast Casserole Boxty Pancake with Creamy Chicken, Leek and Smoked Bacon Cheddar and Chive Boxty Bites with Mustard Sour Cream Dip Crinkle-Top Brownie Cookies Double-Fried Buffalo Wings with Chunky Blue Cheese Cheesy Kapustnyky Muffins with Garlic-Dill Sour Cream Cachapa Pancake Stack with Honey Butter and Cheese Crust Dutch-Oven Blueberry Bannock with Maple Butter Skillet Bannock Pizza Margherita (Italian-style)Maple-Cinnamon Bannock on a Stick Camp-Oven Beer, Cheddar and Chive Damper Za'atar, Feta and Olive Oil Damper (Australian × Lebanese)Campfire Lamington Damper Bites Cheddar Waffles with Beer-Braised Beef and Pickled Red Onion Brown Butter Carrot Layer Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Gajar Halwa Carrot Cake with Cardamom Cream Cheese (British x Indian)Crispy Chakalaka Fritters with Lemon Yogurt Dip Honey Garlic Adobo Wings Chile Relleno Egg Casserole Brown-Butter Coconut Chin Chin with Orange Zest Amritsari Chole with Paneer-Stuffed Bhature Mini Bhatura Chole Sliders with Mint-Onion Slaw Brown Butter Honey Cornbread with Charred Corn Masala Cornbread with Green Chilli, Cumin and Coriander (American x Punjabi)Cornbread Breakfast Cups with Bacon, Cheddar and Baked Egg Crunchy Garlic-Chip Dakgangjeong with Rice-Syrup Glaze Dorayaki with Homemade Tsubuan Tiramisu Dorayaki (Italian × Japanese)Mini Dorayaki Pancake Cereal Fresh Peach Cobbler with Brown Butter and Buttermilk Biscuits Peach Butter Mochi Cobbler Baked Falafel Crunch Bowl Pomegranate-Walnut Glazed Chicken Wings Triple-Cooked Fish and Chips with Homemade Tartare Gai Yang Wings with Khao Khua Crunch Kimchi Cheese Stuffed Naan with Gochujang Garlic Butter Caramel-Braised Pork Belly Gua Bao with Milk Buns Homemade Khoya Gulab Jamun with Pistachio Filling Gulab Jamun Tiramisu (Indian × Italian)Gulab Jamun Rose Milk Cake Kimchi Cheese Egg Hoppers with Gochujang Mayo Coconut Hopper Sundae Bowls with Palm-Sugar Caramel Hot Cross Scones with Whipped Orange-Honey Butter Pilau Masala Honey-Lime Wings with Kachumbari Yogurt Dip Beer-Battered Cod Kibbeling with Homemade Remoulade Yangnyeom Kibbeling (Dutch × Korean)Crispy Kontomire Egusi Fritters with Hot Mayo Brined Soy-Garlic Fried Chicken Oven-Baked Saffron Kuku Sabzi with Buttered Barberries and Cucumber-Garlic Yogurt Matcha White Chocolate Lamingtons Masala Chai Lebkuchen with Jaggery and Pistachio (German × Indian)Honey-Walnut Loukoumades Yogurt Parfait Cups Brown Butter Honey Madeleines Matcha White Chocolate Madeleines Lemon-Glazed Madeleine Bars Brown Sugar Hotteok-Filled Mandazi (Kenyan × Korean)Cardamom-Coconut Mandazi Waffles with Mango and Honey Yogurt Gochujang & Perilla Margherita Pan Pizza Pandan Brown Butter Martabak Matcha Martabak with Sweet Red Bean and Cream Cheese Mini Martabak Bite Platter Extra-Juicy Hand-Chopped Pork Nikuman Pizza-man Steamed Buns (Japanese × Italian)Pad See Ew Sticky Soy Wings Brown-Butter Buttermilk Pancakes with Whipped Whites and Maple Butter Sheet-Pan Blueberry Pancakes with Maple Cream Cheese Drizzle Pastel de Choclo Muffins with a Pino Centre Oven-Crisp Pepper Soup Wings with Scent Leaf Yogurt Dip Peri-Peri Popcorn Chicken 24-Hour Mojo Pernil with Pan Jus Picarón Pancake Stack with Chancaca Butter Syrup Golden Syrup Buttermilk Pikelets with Berry Compote and Vanilla Cream Matcha White Chocolate Pikelets with Strawberry Cream (Japanese × New Zealand)Smoked Salmon Pikelet Bites with Lemon-Dill Cream Cheese Brown-Butter Pouding Chômeur with Salted Maple Caramel Coconut-Lime Pouding Chômeur with Toasted Coconut (Québécois × Caribbean)Brown Butter Triple-Cheese Quesadilla Matcha Quesadilla with Black Sesame Crust Quesadilla Hotcake Stack with Cinnamon Crema Crispy rendang wings Molten Apricot Sacher Mug Cake Tea-Soaked Sultana Buttermilk Scones Matcha White Chocolate Scones Cheddar Scone Breakfast Sandwich Cinnamon-Sugar Sel Roti with Spanish Hot Chocolate Dip Banana-Cardamom Sel Roti Waffles with Honey Yoghurt Sinigang Tamarind Wings No-Yeast Soda Bread Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze Sopaipillas Pasadas in Spiced Chancaca Syrup Sopaipilla Montanara (Chilean × Neapolitan)Sopaipilla Churro Bites with Dulce de Leche Dip Lard-Fried Double-Dredged Chicken with Peppered Cream Gravy Pork Neck Souvlaki with Homemade Yogurt Flatbread Black Treacle Sticky Toffee Pudding with Salted Toffee Sauce White Miso Sticky Toffee Pudding with Miso Butterscotch Sticky Toffee Mug Cakes with Salted Toffee Drizzle Baked Lemon-Blueberry Syrniki Cups with Crumble Top Baked Takoyaki Cheese Muffins Ancho-Guajillo Braised Pork Tamales Bulgogi Beef and Cheese Tamales (Korean x Mexican)Baked Tamal Cups with Red Chile Chicken Shrimp Tempura Tacos with Lime Sriracha Mayo Black Sesame Torta della Nonna with Honey-Glazed Pine Nuts (Italian × Korean)Cinnamon-Infused Tres Leches with Torched Meringue and Berries Hong Kong Milk Tea Tres Leches (Hong Kong × Mexican)Victoria Sponge with Homemade Raspberry Jam, Vanilla Chantilly and Strawberries Cardamom, Rose and Pistachio Victoria Sponge (British × Persian)Jam-Filled Victoria Sponge Cupcakes Caramelised Onion, Feta and Herb Zucchini Slice Okonomiyaki Zucchini Slice (Japanese × Australian)Zucchini Slice Muffins with Whipped Feta

Updated 2026-10-10