Dishes made with baking powder
15 dishes from around the world that list baking powder as a main ingredient.
Doughnut
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSweet fried or baked rings or balls, often glazed or filled
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Fry jackVegetarian
🇧🇿 BelizeDeep-fried breakfast dough from Belize, served plain or with sweet or savoury toppings
Bread, Breakfast
Sponge cakeVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreA light, airy cake made with eggs, flour and sugar, often served plain or with fillings
Sweet or dessert, Tea time
Cornbread
🇺🇸 United StatesA quick bread made from cornmeal, central to Southern U.S. and Native American cooking
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Red velvet cakeVegetarian
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA red-hued layer cake with cream cheese or ermine icing
Sweet or dessert
OliebolVegetarian
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 2 moreDutch deep-fried dough balls, often with raisins and dusted with powdered sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Cha siu baoMeat叉燒包
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreCantonese steamed or baked buns filled with barbecue-flavored pork
Street food, Lunch, Snacks
FrybreadVegetarian
🇺🇸 United StatesFlat, deep-fried bread made by Native Americans with flour, water, and fat
Bread, Snacks, Lunch
Apam balikVegetarian
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreA folded sweet pancake filled with peanuts and sugar, sold at roadside stalls
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
BarmbrackVegetarianbairín breac
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish yeast bread with sultanas and raisins, often linked to Halloween fortune-telling
Bread, Tea time, Snacks
Squid sandwichFish or seafoodbocadillo de calamares
🇪🇸 SpainFried squid rings in a crusty bread roll, a bar favorite in Madrid and beyond
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
NankhataiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreShortbread biscuit from the Indian subcontinent made with flour and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
BroaVegan
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreRustic bread made with cornmeal, rye or wheat, found in Portugal and Brazil
Bread
Belgian waffleVegetarian
🇧🇪 Belgium and 1 moreLight, deep-pocketed waffles often topped with fruit or cream
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast
GurasaVegetarian
🇳🇬 NigeriaNorthern Nigerian flatbread baked in a clay oven
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Doughnut: Angeldm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornbread: Douglas P Perkins ( Douglaspperkins ( talk )), CC BY 3.0, source
- Broa: Mvdiogo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sponge cake: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Red velvet cake: Hennem08, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Frybread: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fry jack: US Embassy Belize, Public domain, source
- Gurasa: Bukky658, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cha siu bao: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Apam balik: Yun Huang Yong, CC BY 2.0, source
- Barmbrack: Solo Beckett, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Squid sandwich: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Oliebol: El Conejo Blanco, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nankhatai: S.M. Samee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Belgian waffle: Ralph Daily, CC BY 2.0, source