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* Make sure your baking powder is still in date, as it loses its effectiveness over time and once opened, keep in an [[Lock&Lock|airtight container]]. | * Make sure your baking powder is still in date, as it loses its effectiveness over time and once opened, keep in an [[Lock&Lock|airtight container]]. | ||
* I know a few people who add baking powder to [[Yorkshire pudding]] [[batter]] (or use [[self-raising flour]]). Please don't bother as the mixture has to be left to rest and therefore the baking powder won't work very well for the reasons described above. | * I know a few people who add baking powder to [[Yorkshire pudding]] [[batter]] (or use [[self-raising flour]]). Please don't bother as the mixture has to be left to rest and therefore the baking powder won't work very well for the reasons described above. | ||
* Many American recipes call for 'baking soda' to be used. Please note that this refers to [[bicarbonate of soda]] and not baking powder. | * Many American recipes call for 'baking soda' to be used. Please note that this refers to [[bicarbonate of soda]] and not baking powder and will require the addition of an acid, such as [[yoghurt]] or [[buttermilk]] to work. | ||
* Many modern British recipes tell you to use [[self-raising flour]] and also a certain quantity of baking powder or [[bicarbonate of soda]] which personally I find to be very strange indeed. Why not just give you quantities for [[plain flour]] and the relevant [[leavening agent|raising agent]]? It means that you only have to keep the one type of [[flour]] in your cupboard, plus a wider range of [[plain flour|plain flours]] are available, giving you more choice. Also different [[self-raising flour|self-raising flours]] contain different ingredients eg. Sainsbury's own brand includes calcium phosphate and [[bicarbonate of soda|sodium hydrogen carbonate]], whereas Homepride also adds disodium diphosphate with [[bicarbonate of soda|sodium hydrogen carbonate]] as the main [[leavening agent|raising agent]] as opposed to the secondary one. Perhaps this explains why recipes sometimes appear to work, yet not at other times - I have certainly experienced this with [[scones]]. | * Many modern British recipes tell you to use [[self-raising flour]] and also a certain quantity of baking powder or [[bicarbonate of soda]] which personally I find to be very strange indeed. Why not just give you quantities for [[plain flour]] and the relevant [[leavening agent|raising agent]]? It means that you only have to keep the one type of [[flour]] in your cupboard, plus a wider range of [[plain flour|plain flours]] are available, giving you more choice. Also different [[self-raising flour|self-raising flours]] contain different ingredients eg. Sainsbury's own brand includes calcium phosphate and [[bicarbonate of soda|sodium hydrogen carbonate]], whereas Homepride also adds disodium diphosphate with [[bicarbonate of soda|sodium hydrogen carbonate]] as the main [[leavening agent|raising agent]] as opposed to the secondary one. Perhaps this explains why recipes sometimes appear to work, yet not at other times - I have certainly experienced this with [[scones]]. | ||
* Continuing from the previous point, how do you know how much extra baking powder you need if using [[plain flour]], when a recipe asks for [[self-raising flour]]? Having done a little research, I would suggest that you use 4.5% of the weight of the [[flour]] in baking powder to make your [[plain flour]] become [[self-raising flour|self-raising]]. You will of course have to add extra baking powder should the recipe call for it. | |||
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