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Baking powder vs baking soda mistake cost me a birthday cake
I ruined my daughter's 8th birthday cake last month because I mixed up baking powder and baking soda. The recipe called for 2 teaspoons of baking powder, but I used baking soda instead since they look almost identical in those little containers. The cake rose way too fast, then sank in the middle and tasted like a salt lick. Nobody could eat it, and I had to run to the store at 8pm to grab a new cake. After that failure, I did some reading and learned baking soda needs an acid to react, while baking powder has its own acid built in. Now I keep them in completely different labeled containers on opposite sides of the pantry. Has anyone else made this mistake or found a good way to tell them apart at a glance?
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alicebarnes2d ago
Last Thanksgiving I grabbed the turmeric jar instead of cinnamon for my apple pie because my wife keeps them right next to each other. It turned this beautiful golden brown pie into something that looked like it was glowing and tasted like someone dropped a curry bomb in the middle of dessert. My mother-in-law still brings it up every time we talk about holiday meals, which is honestly kind of fair.
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