Recipes with baking soda

Chocolate lover's cake with four thin layers of sour cream chocolate cake sandwiched with fudge frosting and topped with chopped pecans. Bare sides show off the dramatic layered interior.

Honey nugget cookies are chewy, oat-packed drop cookies sweetened with honey and brown sugar, spiced with cinnamon. A vintage church-cookbook recipe that bakes up tender on the inside, lightly crisp at the edges.

Old-fashioned spiced cake buns with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and raisins. Drop-style buttermilk buns with a sugar-crackled top, baked from a single mixing bowl in 35 minutes.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with brown sugar and rolled oats for a chewy, hearty texture. Crisp edges and soft centers loaded with semi-sweet chocolate chips in every bite.

Big-batch oatmeal cookies with brown sugar and butter, no eggs, no chips. Mash flat with a sugar-dipped glass for crisp-edged, chewy-centered classics. Makes 10 dozen.

Chocolate cupcakes with a hidden cream cheese and chocolate chip filling baked right inside. An old-fashioned cocoa batter with vinegar for extra tenderness, topped with crunchy pecans.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies pack 2 1/2 cups of rolled oats with semi-sweet chocolate chips and optional nuts into a chewy or crisp drop cookie. Choose the bake time to nail your texture.

Healthy poppy seed muffins with whole wheat flour, oat flour, and yogurt. Low-fat recipe uses egg whites and almond extract for tender, nutty muffins in 30 minutes. Easy breakfast.

Glazed orange muffins with fresh orange zest, juice, and toasted pecans, soaked with a warm citrus syrup straight from the oven. Bright, tender, and bakery-style.

Soft pumpkin cookies with tofu replacing eggs, spiced with nutmeg and allspice, loaded with raisins and walnuts. An egg-free drop cookie that yields 7 dozen.

Fudgy brownie cakes steamed in canning jars inside a slow cooker. Rich cocoa buttermilk batter with walnuts, unmolded and served warm with ice cream.

Easy spiced apple cake bakes a small one-bowl batter with cinnamon, ginger, and fresh sliced apples in a pie tin. Quick fall snack cake with light and dark brown sugars.

Star-shaped chocolate sandwich cookies cut from a chewy cocoa-and-chip sheet bake, then filled with sweet cream cheese frosting. A festive holiday cookie that looks fancy but skips the rolled-dough fuss.

Mom's Zucchini Bread: a beloved family recipe with cinnamon, vanilla, and walnuts folded into a moist, oil-rich loaf. Yields two loaves, ideal for sharing one and freezing one.

Eggless chocolate cake using vinegar and skim milk for tender, moist layers. A wartime-style two-layer cake with a light chocolate whipped frosting. Sixteen servings of nostalgia.

Indian Figlets are spiced drop cookies loaded with softened figs, warm cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, brightened with lemon zest. A chewy throwback cookie with bakery depth.