Whether I’m whipping up a batch of pancakes, a tin of muffins, or a single cake, I can almost guarantee that the recipe will call for baking powder. This staple pantry ingredient is one every baker ...

Many recipes call for baking powder, but who bakes enough to use a whole can before it expires? In fact, I learned the hard way about best-use-by-dates when we tried baking a cake with an old can of ...

Mix up this baking essential — or a good substitute — in minutes. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a cookbook called "Big ...