KAMA, and other NORWEGIAN SPEAKERS, help me please, BAKING RELATED QUESTION!!

[QuintessentialShadows]

I have been baking with Bicarbonate of Soda for the last few years in London. I have NO IDEA what this is in Norwegian, of even if we use it here. I made my fab banana cake loaf yesterday, and as the recipe states baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, and I did not have the soda, I had more baking powder and an extra egg, for rising. It did not work well, I have a very moist banana flat bread now. (Tasty, but not the same)

What is the equivalent of Bicarbonate of Soda in Norway? I cant just ask any Norwegian here, because they dont know what bicarbonate is! (I have tried, they go blank)

Anyone??

[QuintessentialShadows]

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anyone??

[QuintessentialShadows]

Could it be Natron?

[Alexa808]

Heisann,

I'm German but speak and write Danish. I can also understand norsk and what you're referring to should be bakepulver

In German: Backpulver. Just write it down and show someone in the shop.

It makes the dough rise. (Just to check if I understood bicarbonate soda correctly...my knowledge of English words can sometimes be limited.)

Good luck!

[welliemum]

Isn't bakepulver baking powder though?

Maybe natron is what you need if you just want bicarb?

[Alexa808]

Yes it is baking powder. The thing which makes the dough rise and fluffy. So it's not just stuck in the tin. The baking soda which I bought at Waitrose UK is the same thing with the same effect.

I don't know how to help, QS. Could anyone from England send you an emergency stash. I'd do it but I'm in Singapore.

Maybe you could find an English shop in Oslo where they sell it and would be able to post it to you?

[madness]

bakepulver is the usual baking powder (I think my mum usedto by these red tins of it).

I agree, I think Natron is the bicard stuff it sounds familiar. (my mum died 8 y ago and my childhood memories are a bit vague...)

[QuintessentialShadows]

Hi all
Bakepulver is baking powder, I have no problem finding it here.

I have a choice between Hornsalt and Natron. I too think Natron must be the right thing. I checked out the chemical composition of Bicarbonate of soda
NaHCO3 - seems to be Natrium hydrogen carbonat - so reckon it must be Natron!

Thanks guys!

[Chococat]

Definitely Natron (at least in Danish). Also good for cleaning the kitchen sink btw, amongst other things.