nav><main class='ingredient'><h1>baking powder</h1><img class='right' src='../media/ingredients/baking_powder.png'/><div><p>Baking powder is a chemical leavening agent made from a combination of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid. The acid doesn't react prematurely to the carbonate due to the added <a href='cornstarch.html'>cornstarch</a>. Baking powder helps give rise and volume to baked goods by releasing carbon dioxide gas into the batter by way of an acid-base reaction. There are two types: sing