Comments on: Baking Powder vs. Baking Soda

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:59:41 +0000

In reply to Patty.

Thank you so much, Patty! 🙂

By: Patty

Patty — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:59:58 +0000

I take your best blueberry muffin recipe everywhere I go, this month was to Texas!
Everyone loves them! It is fun to take them warm to my neighbors, they look forward to them so much. When I drop some off to a friend in a nursing home, she shares with staff, so you are really popular in Maine!
Thanks for the wonderful recipes, great job, Sam!!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 01:23:51 +0000

In reply to Ellen.

Hi Ellen! I have used both, but I would personally recommend the aluminum free, which is why I use Rumford. 🙂

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:46:01 +0000

Thanks for all of your fantastic recipes. I bake so many of your recipes.and the weekly pizza. I have a question when buying baking powder is it best to buy aluminum free or does it matter. I see you use Rumford. what is the difference. Thanks.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:28:58 +0000

In reply to Joy King.

I’m so glad it was helpful, Joy! 🙂

By: Joy King

Joy King — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 07:06:48 +0000

In reply to Sam.

Thanks so much for giving me an insight of the difference of baking powder and baking soda because I always thought I could substitute one for the other but obviously not. I finally get it now.Cheers

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:56:48 +0000

In reply to Sharon.

Hi Sharon! Unfortunately I am not very familiar with using self rising flour so I’m a bit hesitant to comment on how any substitutions would work. 🙁

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:35:18 +0000

Many of the recipes from Down Under & the UK call for self rising flour which is very hard to come by. Would you recommend applying your hacks whenever I bake using one of those recipes?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:49:19 +0000

In reply to Brenda.

I’m wondering if this is perhaps a problem with the specific baking powder. For several months growing up, I had this same issue when my mom would make something with baking powder. As it turned out, the baking powder had tiny hard clumps in it that would not break up when baked, so throughout the baked good I’d get tiny pockets of bitter baking powder. It was not a pleasant experience! I’ve found this problem happening again in my kitchen when 1) my baking soda has been exposed to moisture or 2) I use generic baking powder (must be an issue with the manufacturer, but it is a consistent problem that i have with generic and this is one of the few ingredients I never buy generic because of this). Just throwing that out there in case this could be part of the issue! For what it’s worth, I’ve never had this issue with the baking powder in the photos and I currently exclusively use that baking powder pictured above (for several reasons, but that being one of them).
Thanks for reading, Brenda! 🙂

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:06:45 +0000

This was so interesting. Thank you for this article.
I don’t know why but my taste buds are so sensitive to the taste of baking powder. Even when I was a young child I could tell if my mom made pancakes using self rising flour or with ap flour and baking soda. I’m always looking for recipes that do not use baking powder. It is a very bitter and strong taste to me.
It’s nice to learn more about these products. Still wonder what is wrong with my taste buds though. 🙂