Recipes with baking soda

Whole wheat funnel cakes sweetened with honey and fried in a cast-iron skillet. Spiral the batter by hand for that authentic fair-style crunch at home.

Southwestern-style lemon poppy seed bundt cake made with buttermilk and glazed while warm for a moist, tangy crumb. A citrus-forward dessert finished with a lemon-soaked top.

Sour cream sugar cookies are soft, puffy, and rolled in sugar before flattening and baking. The sour cream keeps these tender for days with a slight tang that balances the sweetness.

Orange almond muffins sweetened with honey instead of sugar. Orange juice concentrate and zest pack intense citrus flavor into every tender bite.

Sesame biscotti with toasted sesame seeds baked into a crisp, twice-baked Italian cookie. Low-fat with no butter or oil, just eggs and vanilla. Perfect for dunking in coffee or tea.

Maple glazed pumpkin ring cake with brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and real maple syrup in both the batter and the sour cream glaze.

A spicy cookie with a mealy, rather unusual texture.

Red Velvet Cocoa Cake made with buttermilk, cocoa powder, and vinegar for a tender, tangy crumb with that classic crimson color. A Southern layer cake staple.

Honey pecan snaps spiced with cloves, cinnamon, and ginger, rolled in sugar and baked golden. Crisp edges with a chewy, honey-sweet center.

Soft gingerbread cookies with molasses, hot coffee, cinnamon, cloves, and ground ginger. A rollout cookie dough for gingerbread men with a tender, cake-like texture instead of a crisp snap.

Waldorf Astoria red velvet cake made with buttermilk, cocoa, and red food coloring, topped with a cooked flour frosting that tastes like whipped cream. The legendary original recipe.

Deep-fried pumpkin doughnuts with buttermilk, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger, rolled in sugar while still warm. Tender, spiced, and golden crisp outside.

Honey-ginger snaps with cinnamon, cloves, and real honey for a chewier, more fragrant twist on classic gingersnap cookies. Chill, roll, and bake.

Spiced applesauce bread with cinnamon, cloves, plumped raisins, and walnuts. A moist quick bread loaf baked with real applesauce for tender crumb.

Double chocolate bar cake with melted milk chocolate, cocoa, and sour cream batter, filled and frosted with whipped chocolate cream. A light, airy three-layer stunner.

Butter-free pecan sugar cookies with brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and allspice. Chewy with warm spice flavor and ground pecans in every bite.