For 19th-century American bakers—who slaved for hours trying to make their doughs rise and their cakes puff up—the advent of baking powder was a revolution in a can. IFMC / Alamy Today ...

“what’s the difference between baking soda and baking powder?” It’s a reasonable question: They’re both plain white powders and their names certainly sound similar. We’d be lying if we ...

Before baking powder hit the scene in 1856, making cake was not a piece of cake Ben Panko For 19th-century American bakers—who slaved for hours trying to make their doughs rise and their cakes ...