No baking powder

[CitrusSunshine]

Am making sponge cake (Delia's all-in-one!) and have just realised I've run out of baking powder...can I miss it out? (am fairly useless baker so no idea)

No - if a recipe says baking powder then you need it. Unless the recipe specifies plain flour + bp and you have self raising.

Baking powder is the raising agent, so you run the risk of it being a sponge pancake.

If you don't use baking powder your cake won't rise and will be awful. If you have self raising flour use that instead ( it already has the baking powder in it).

Thanks for quick responses. Recipe already says SR flour AND baking powder. So off to the shop for some baking powder I think. Thanks again!

If you've got bicarb and cream of tartar you can make your own.

SR on its own will be OK.

For future info, baking powder can be replicated using 2 parts bicarb to 1 part cream of tartar