Looking For A Yeast Substitute? 3 Best Yeast Alternatives You Should Try!

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Imagine a situation, you have a huge celebration planned and you have the duty of making the cake. You are all set and just as you are going to start, you notice your key ingredient, yeast is missing.

Worst panic moment ever, right? Well, it may sound crazy but do believe in us when we say that despite not having the yeast, you can still make amazing cakes….Learn more

Tidbits about Yeast

Yeast is the driving force behind fermentation, the magical process that allows a dense mass of dough to become a well-risen loaf of bread. Have you ever thought that if this microorganism would not have been present, we would not have been getting our favourites pizza, bread and cakes?

How to make your bread rise if there is no yeast around? The answer is very simple, by using suitable yeast substitute. Yes, you read that right. We shall now talk about some of the best yeast substitute that will help you to achieve your desired results.

Best substitutes for yeast

There are not many alternatives that can be used as a substitute for yeast but whatever that can be used are common kitchen ingredients. The substitutes are:

1.Baking powder

A staple ingredient found in every baker’s pantry is baking powder. Like yeast, baking powder also acts as a leavening agent.

Baking powder is generally mixed with the flour. When water is added to the flour to make the dough, baking powder undergoes a chemical reaction which produces carbon dioxide bubbles in the process. And as soon it is heated, the gas bubbles expand making the dough rise with it….Learn more

2.Baking soda and acid

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The basic difference between baking powder and baking soda is that baking powder already contains an acid when used in the dough for its leavening activity. Whereas for baking soda, it needs an acid to activate its rising activity?

Baking soda, when combined with an acid, produces similar effects like the yeast….Continue reading