Recipes With Bicarbonate Soda
Got bicarbonate soda on hand? Here are 44 recipes you can make with it, ranked by how few extra ingredients they need — the simplest matches come first.

Caramel Coffee Cake
Vegetarian

Ginger Pancakes
Vegetarian

Irish Soda Bread
Vegetarian

Light Fluffy Pancakes
Vegetarian

Peanut Butter Cookies
Vegetarian

Chocolate Chip Balls
Vegetarian

Chewy Ginger Cookies
Vegetarian

1-2 Chocolate Cake
Vegetarian

Banana Cake
Vegetarian

Custard Creams
Vegetarian

Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread
Vegetarian

Naan
Vegetarian

Crispy Gingerbread Cookies
Vegetarian

Ginger Biscuits
Vegetarian

Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes
Vegetarian

Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
Vegetarian

Ice Cream Sandwich
Vegetarian

Oatmeal Cookies I
Vegetarian

Sticky Date Pudding
Vegetarian

Peanut Brittle
Vegetarian

Double Chocolate Brownies
Vegetarian

Indian Pudding
Vegetarian

Very Simple Cookies
Vegetarian

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Vegetarian

Cornish Fairing
Vegetarian

Brown Sugar Nutmeg Cookies
Vegetarian

Almond Pancakes
Vegetarian

Corn Pancakes
Vegetarian

Blueberry Pancakes
Vegetarian

Carrot Cake II
Vegetarian

Coffee Cake
Vegetarian

Snickerdoodles I
Vegetarian

Carrot Pudding
Vegetarian

Sweet Pumpkin Scones
Vegetarian

Carrot Cake
Dessert · British

Anzac biscuits
Dessert · Australian

Boxty Breakfast
Pork · Irish

Gulab Jamun
Dessert · Indian

Pumpkin Roll
Vegetarian

Chocolate Squares
Vegetarian

Marzipan Muffins
Vegetarian

Applesauce Cake
Vegetarian

Sticky Toffee Pudding
Dessert · British

Sticky Toffee Pudding Ultimate
Dessert · British
Pairs well with
Eggs Flour Butter Sugar Vanilla Cinnamon Milk Baking Powder
Storing & using Bicarbonate Soda
Keep dry and sealed in the pantry — check that leaveners (baking powder/soda, yeast) are still active if they've been open a while. Out of Bicarbonate Soda? baking powder is a common swap (3x amount).
Bicarbonate Soda recipe FAQs
What can I make with just bicarbonate soda?
Start with the simplest recipes above — most lean on eggs or a few everyday staples alongside it.
What goes well with bicarbonate soda?
Eggs, Flour, Butter, Sugar, Vanilla are the most common pairings in our recipes.
How do I find recipes for bicarbonate soda plus what else I have?
Use Cook with what you have (/pantry/) — add bicarbonate soda plus anything else in your kitchen, and recipes rank by how many you already own.