chemical leavening

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• Leavening agent — A leavening agent (sometimes called just leavening or leaven) is a substance used in doughs and batters that causes a foaming action intended to lighten and soften the finished product. The leavening agent reacts with moisture, heat, acidity, or… …   Wikipedia

• leavening agent — ▪ baking       substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gases within such mixtures, producing baked products with porous structure. Such agents include air, steam, yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.       Leavening… …   Universalium

• Baking powder — is a dry chemical leavening agent used in cooking, mainly baking. It is most often found in quick breads like pancakes, waffles, and muffins. When dissolved in water the baking powder s ingredients react and emit carbon dioxide gas which expands …   Wikipedia

• American Cookery — by Amelia Simmons, was the first known American cookbook that was written by an American for the American market. Until this time, the cookbooks printed and used in what became the United States were British cookbooks, so the importance of this …   Wikipedia

• Flour — For other uses, see Flour (disambiguation). A paper sack of wheat flour, with a metal measuring scoop. Flour is a powder which is made from grinding cereal grains, other seeds or roots (like Cassava). It is the main ingredient of bread, which is… …   Wikipedia

• Lady Finger (cookie) — Ladyfingers (called Savoiardi in Italian, meaning from Savoy ), or in French Biscuits à la cuillère.They are a principal ingredient in many French desert recipes . These cookies are light, crispy and sweet sponge cakes roughly shaped like a large …   Wikipedia

• Parkin (cake) — Parkin is a ginger cake, which originated in Northern England. Often associated with Yorkshire, particularly the Leeds area [cite book|title=Talking about Cakes|author= Margaret Bates|year=1964|publisher=Penguin Books, p.88] , its precise origins …   Wikipedia

• cake — 1. noun /keɪk/ a) A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.<!encyclopedic info, and definitions of other words! A gâteau or sponge cake includes a chemical leavening… …   Wiktionary

• Butter cake — A butter cake is a cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter. These cakes are considered one of the quintessential cakes in American baking. They find their origins in the English pound cake, which traditionally used equal parts of… …   Wikipedia

• Génoise cake — A Génoise Cake is a sponge cake named after the city of Genoa and closely associated with French cuisine that does not use any chemical leavening, instead using air suspended in the batter during mixing to give volume to the cake. It is a whole… …   Wikipedia

• Boule (bread) — Boule, from the French for ball , is a traditional shape of French bread, resembling a squashed ball. It is a rustic loaf shape that can be made of any type of flour. A boule can be leavened with commercial yeast, chemical leavening, or even wild …   Wikipedia