peter wrote:
> Given a piece of bakery, how can you tell if it was made with yeast or
> baking powder?
>
> I want to be able to do this in order to make things that I don't have
> receipe for.
>
> Let me make a first attempt: if there are large, uneven bubbles inside, then
> it is made with yeast. If the texture is even and spongy, it is made with
> baking powder/soda. Right?
>
> Using this guide, that I would guess that corn bread is made with baking
> powder. But why? Afterall, shouldn't bread be made with yeast, by
> definition??
>
>


Many/most "quick breads" like corn bread, beer bread, and fruit breads
(banana bread, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread, apricot breads, lemon
bread, etc.) are made with baking powder and/or baking soda.

gloria p