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Baking Powder Or Yeast?

Baking Powder or Yeast?

Why do bakers sometimes use Baking Powder or Yeast? Why do some use both at the same time?

Yeast Powder Baking

They are different powders used for different things. Yeast is actually active enzymes which cause the dough to rise, they are not just an ingredient to the dough. I'm not sure what baking powder does for it, but it is not an active enzyme like yeast.

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Baking powder is supposed to help your baking 'rise'. Personally I don't see why you need it if you use self raising flour.
I also find that I can tell what products contain this, as I get an irritated mouth when baking powder has been used--- it doesn't hurt though, so it's not at all worrying.

Yeast Powder Baking

? Baking powder is a riser in many thing ie cookies muffins ect where a dough type texture is not wanted but the baking should be light in texture...


DianC I must ask what is added to the flour in self rising dough to make it work? I know I use eggs often in baking instead of baking powder as a riser but the batter tends to be slightly heavier.

Yeast Powder Baking

Krakyn, nothing out of the ordinary. Self-rising flour contains baking powder and salt. For me is a waste of time, not only because you normally have to use those ingredients anyways but also because I am not sure if baking powder could stay that long stored and not lose its ability to help rise your dough.

I like yeast on pizzas mostly but for the rest I rather baking powder (yeast tend to have that particular smell that I am not very crazy about).

Baking Powder Or Yeast?

Name: Ziggy

Comments: Both yeast and baking powder cause gas that leaves holes in the final baking products (bubbles, or nooks and crannies, if you will). "Self-rising flour" contains baking powder.

Yeast is a monocellular fungi that has been used for thousands of years to make bread rise. It is now freeze-dried (or otherwise preserved) in powdered form for use in baking. At the right temperatures, bread yeast activates, eats sugar and excretes gas, making bubbles in your bread mix, which makes bread light and fluffy during the baking process.

Baking powder is actually a combination of baking soda (a base) and cream of tartar, an acid. For a science project in school, young kids often put a spoonful of baking soda (base) into a cup of vinegar (acid), to watch it bubble over like a volcano. Adding a base to an acid usually produces a gas, as it does here when baking powder gets wet in a recipe. The baking soda and cream of tartar mix and produce gas, bubbles in your cake batter, or nooks and crannies.

"Double acting" baking powder also releases more gas when it reaches a specific temperature in baking; that's added chemicals.

Yeast tends to add a specific flavor that we associate with "bread". That's really why we use it in place of baking powder in such products.

Baking Powder Yeast

Name: Buzzy

Comments: I love that break down! Thank you! Also, maybe someone can confirm or explain. Isn't yeast added to warm water and baking powder added to cold water?

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Yes you usually proof your yeast then make a second batch with warm water and a bit of sugar waiting till it double in volume then add it. As far as baking powder you just mix it in with the dry goods. I have never added it to water first though I guess you can just to ensure it mixes through evenly.