![]() ![]() What distinguishes one from the other has to do with the speed and timing of the leavener. If the cake domes, do the opposite - increase the baking powder by 1/4 teaspoon if baking soda by 1/16 If your cake dips slightly, it has too much leavening, so reduce the baking powder by 1/4 teaspoon if baking soda by 1/16 teaspoon. The expanding air bubbles weaken and disrupt the gluten network, formed by the wheat flour when combined with liquid, during baking. SARAH SAYS: Chemical leaveners can weaken a baked goods' structure. ![]() Leaveners also contribute to baked goods' taste, coloring and texture. For a successful recipe you want to balance the leavening system to achieve a neutral pH, otherwise your recipe can taste bitter, have an off or dull color, not set properly, fall apart easily, crack, and so on. They are responsible for expanding the air bubbles that have been mixed, creamed, kneaded or whipped into the batter or dough. These millions of bubbles are trapped in the batter by the gluten structure formed and are enlarged by the leavener, either triggered by moisture and/or heat. They produce leavening gases which are responsible for the volume in most baked food products "to leaven" means to make light to raise. Their siblings are baker's ammonia and cream of tartar. All rights reserved.īaked goods, leavened with baking soda, baking powder and the like are known as chemical leaveners (as opposed to yeast, a natural leavener). Copyright © 2000 Sarah Phillips All rights reserved.Ĭopyright © 2000 Sarah Phillips Sarah Phillips, Inc.
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