For best results, add an extra 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder to your dry ingredients ... think about why the egg is in the recipe. Is it acting as a binder? A source of fat?

Now for the Dogmatic hairsplitters... Yes, before Baking Soda and Baking Powder were commercially made and brought to market in the 1840s / 1850s, there were chemical leavening agents available.

Baking powder is one of those staple pantry ingredients that everyone should keep on hand. It's essential to make fluffy pancakes or any baking project you try to master. But if you find yourself ...

But it got me thinking: How long do baking soda and baking powder actually last? And what’s the best way to tell if they’re still good? Baking soda is a chemical leavener that adds lift to baked goods ...

The cause of my failure was an imbalance between the acidity of rhubarb and the chemical raising agents I used in baking. Both baking powder and baking soda can play a role in giving baked goods their ...