Almost every cook has faced this scenario: You're following a recipe that requires baking powder but you only have baking soda. What do you do? Can you substitute? Or this one: You haven't baked for a ...

Baking soda has always been a household staple: This handy powder can help you spruce up your oven, dishwasher and even UGG boots, leaving them all looking as good as new. However, when it comes to ...

You don't want to accidentally use the wrong one. There are two items that most of us have in our pantries that can be easily confused for each other. Not only are their names similar, but they look ...

It's the baker's stuff of nightmares: You've creamed your sugar and butter, sifted your dry ingredients, and then realized ...

Baking soda and baking powder might sound similar, but these two ingredients are far from interchangeable. If you have ever accidentally used baking soda in place of baking powder (or vice versa) ...

A couple weeks ago, I was craving chocolate cake. The problem? I had no eggs, butter or milk in the house. I hadn’t been shopping in a while—blame the grocery-delaying habits I developed during the ...