Irish soda bread is a quick bread made with baking
soda as a leavening agent instead of yeast resulting in a dense savory bread with a texture that is a cross between a scone and a biscuit.
Not exact matches
If a recipe uses eggs simply to add moisture (and not
as a
leavening agent, i.e., the recipe calls for baking
soda and baking powder in addition to eggs), you can replace the eggs with silken soft tofu.
A typical Irish - American St. Patrick's Day dinner wouldn't be complete without a good
soda bread, named so because of the use of baking
soda (or sodium bicarbonate)
as the
leavening agent instead of yeast.
As for your baking question, both baking
soda and baking powder are
leavening agents, which means they are added to baked goods before cooking to produce carbon dioxide and cause them to «rise».
Leavening agents, such
as baking
soda are not chametz.
(Though I was told by a cousin that technically baking
soda is not supposed to be used,
as it is a
leavening agent... no one seemed to care.)
These cookies stay so nice and soft even a couple days after they are made due to the cream of tartar and baking
soda combo used
as a
leavening agent.
Lastly, you'll need a
leavening agent to help the coconut flour pancakes rise, such
as baking powder or baking
soda.
A combination of these two ingredients acts
as leavening agent: the magic happens when you mix alkaline baking
soda with acidic cream of tartar.
Traditionally Irish
Soda Bread is made with white or whole wheat flour, buttermilk and baking
soda which acts
as it's
leavening agent.
I have this recipe from my home country where it only uses yolks, flour and sugar and butter to make a moist cake (no
leavening agents such
as baking powder or baking
soda).