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Definition of Baking powder
1. Noun. Any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast.
Definition of Baking powder
1. Noun. 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baking Powder
Literary usage of Baking powder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analyst (1879)
"The Recorder said the conviction set forth that the appellants, " George and
Edward Warren, did sell a certain article of food, to wit, baking powder, ..."
2. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1881)
"There is an injurious constituent left after the mixture of alum and bicarbonate
of soda in a baking powder. I think it is dangerous to the digestive organs ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"The first experiment was undertaken to determine what effect the purest made
baking-powder has on digestion ; the one which stood the best tests ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"Baking soda and baking powder are both put up and sold in the form of a powder,
... The demand for baking soda is diminished by the use of baking powder, ..."
5. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"If the sample is baking powder, or contains organic matter, ... Residual Carbon
Dioxide This is the C02 remaining after baking powder has been treated with ..."
6. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"In order to see why using baking powder made the dough light, the children ...
Why are soda and cream of tartar the two chief ingredients of baking powder ? ..."
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