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Are baking powder and bicarbonate of soda the same thing? - What is the difference?

Visit The Online Pastry School : https://www.becomeapastrychef.co.uk/l... Welcome back to the online pastry school youtube channel. The question of the day today is what is baking soda, and is it the same as baking powder? So firstly, no baking soda and baking powder aren’t the same. Howweeverrr baking soda and bicarbonate of soda are different names for the same thing. So baking soda and bicarbonate of soda… same same but baking POWDER is different. Baking soda is made of sodium carbonate which is basically made by passing carbon dioxide through salt and it’s sold in a powder. It needs to be added to a mix with acid and water and that will create bubbles in things like sponges and confectionary to make them lighter. The difference with baking powder, though is it’s a mix of baking soda and an acid called cream of tartar. This is just so that when you add it to a mix you already have the acid component mixed in to create the reaction. So If you use baking soda on it’s own then the mixture needs to already have acid for it to react OR if the mix is over 50c it doesn’t need acid to create the reaction. You normally see it a lot in things like peanut brittle and honeycomb because the really high heat means that it doesn’t need anything else to create the fizzing reaction. So, in summery, baking soda and bicarbonate of soda are the same, but baking powder is a mix of baking soda and cream of tartar. I hope that answers the question and if you want to see all our video recipe lessons then just click the link below and come on over to The Online Pastry School Website See you there