Mix up this baking essential — or a good substitute — in minutes. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a cookbook called "Big ...

Leavening agents rarely attract attention beyond the moment a cake rises or fails, yet their chemistry shapes texture, ...

Plus, how to tell if your baking powder is still good to use. Whether you're one of those people who only bakes for special ...

Whether you're one of those people who only bakes for special occasions like birthdays and holidays or the sort who bakes just about daily, you probably have a stash of baking powder somewhere in your ...

Years ago, I was at a friend’s house and I wanted to make some chocolate chip cookies. When I went digging in her pantry, I ...

To the average home baker, ingredients can get confusing. Baking is a science, which allows for less improvising with a recipe compared to cooking. Baking powder and baking soda look so similar – even ...

Almost every cook has faced this scenario: You're following a recipe that requires baking powder but you only have baking soda. What do you do? Can you substitute? Or this one: You haven't baked for a ...