Being from Australia we have different terms for some products. Please can you tell me if baking soda is bi-carbonate of soda, or is it what we call baking powder, which is used when we want plain flour (no rising in it) to rise? Do you have self-raising flour too, which is flour that needs no raising agent, since it is included in the flour? I get really muddled up at times. Thank you.
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Yes, baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Also, we do have self rising flour here in the U.S. You can also purchase all-purpose flour and add baking powder.
Yes, we have self-rising flour but I think (may be wrong) that most bakers use plain flour and add things to make baked goods rise. At least I do.
My box says that Baking Soda is Sodium Bicarbonate. Baking Powder is corn starch, bicarbonate of soda, and several other things.
Self-rising flour is plain flour with baking POWDER and salt. Thanks.
Hi Leah (that's my daughter's name, too). In the USA, baking soda is, indeed, Bicarbonate of Soda ... or Sodium Bicarbonate (both are the same).
Baking Soda is Bi-Carbonate of Soda
Hope that helps.
I'm an American living in Brisbane.Baking soda is bicarb. Baking powder is baking powder. All purpose flour is plain flour and has nothing alse added.
It is bi-carbonate of soda. Baking powder is something else.
The reason bicarb or 'baking soda' is confused with the powder, apart from the name, is that it's IN baking powder, with either potassium bitartrate (cream of tartar) or [double-acting] sodium acid pyrophosphate to act with it to make the bubbles without yeast.
Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for your very informed posts. NOW I know what it all means. I have written the basics down, so I don't have to ask again. LOL.
Again, thank you all so much for your responses,
Leah from Australia.
Baking soda is bicarbonate of soda, and yes, we(USA) do have self-rising flour.
Even if you are using self-rising flour when you add buttermilk or sour milk you ad a tsp. of baking soda. By the way you can write or call the baking soda people on the box. I use Arm & Hammer brand and they will tell you its uses and the difference.
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