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ALL meanings of baking powder

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  • variable noun baking powder Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven. 3
  • noun baking powder any of various powdered mixtures that contain sodium bicarbonate, starch (usually flour), and one or more slightly acidic compounds, such as cream of tartar: used in baking as a substitute for yeast 3
  • noun baking powder a leavening agent that raises dough by the gas (carbon dioxide) produced when baking soda and acid react in the presence of water: it usually contains baking soda mixed with either starch or flour and cream of tartar or another acid-forming substance, as anhydrous sodium aluminum sulfate 3
  • noun baking powder powdered raising agent 1
  • noun baking powder any of various powders used as a substitute for yeast in baking, composed of sodium bicarbonate mixed with an acid substance, as cream of tartar, capable of setting carbon dioxide free when the mixture is moistened, causing the dough to rise. 1
  • noun baking powder a dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released. 0
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