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dejamos

On 6/4/2016 11:35 AM, wrote:
> On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2:02:20 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Are you guys confusing baking *powder*, which does wear out, with baking
>>> *soda*, which should not?
>>>
>>> There are easy ways to test baking powder for potency; google around.
>>>
>>
>> I am not confusing the two.
>
>
> I didn't either. I know enough to keep baking powder sealed and in the freezer, but I thought I didn't have to be that careful with baking soda - and yes, that's all the recipe calls for.
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>
> Lenona.
>
I had a cake fail a few years ago and when I looked at the ingredients
the only thing that looked like it *could* have been the culprit was the
baking soda that had expired many years earlier. I bought fresh and
remade the cake and it rose beautifully. Anecdotal, of course, but in
my experience baking soda can eventually lose its oooomph.