You’re giving your spice rack a much-needed clean-out and you come across a mystery ingredient: cream of tartar. Huh, looks like I’ve never touched this one, you think. But don’t toss it in the trash ...

That little jar of powder can definitely come in handy. Victoria Popova / Getty Images There are those go-to ingredients you pull out time and time again—and then there's cream of tartar. Odds are, ...

While cream of tartar is handy in a kitchen, sometimes a substitute is needed. Nothing is more frustrating than starting a ...

Baking powder is a combination of baking soda and cream of tartar. The best substitute is a mix of those, but baking soda ...

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Baking soda and baking powder are both leaveners, but baking soda requires an acid to activate, and baking powder already ...

You open your pantry and don’t see that jar of cream of tartar that you swore you bought. It happens to the best of us. Making substitutes in baked goods can be a daunting task, but when you’re ...

The bake sale is tomorrow morning and the grocery store is already closed. You signed up to bring the banana bread (no sweat) but there’s not a drop of buttermilk in the house. Don’t abandon your ...