Recipes with baking soda

Diabetic devil's food cake, a reduced-sugar chocolate cake with bloomed cocoa, egg substitute, and added sweetener for rich chocolate flavor without the sugar overload.

Mrs. Fields $250 cookie recipe with ground oatmeal, double chocolate (chips and grated bar), two cups of butter, and chopped nuts. Makes 8 dozen legendary cookies.

Molasses bran bread with whole wheat flour, buttermilk, and raisins. A no-yeast quick bread with deep molasses flavor, high fiber, and easy variations for oatmeal or carrot cake.

Moustokouloura: Greek grape-must cookies, vegan, dairy-free, and sweetened with petimezi grape syrup, orange, honey, cinnamon, and clove. Shaped into tiny wreaths and baked until crunchy.

Really enjoyed this buttermilk glaze drizzled over my carrot cake, it tasted great but it had much less calories and fat than a rich butter-cream cheese frosting. My husband also liked it very much.

Old-fashioned molasses taffy pulled by hand until golden and chewy. A French Canadian candy tradition with molasses, brown sugar, and butter. Fun to make with the whole family.

Babe's Apple Cake is a rustic, wholesome treat made with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, diced apples, walnuts, and warm cinnamon-nutmeg spice. Dense, moist, and barely sweet enough to call dessert.

Fruitcake cookies packed with candied pineapple, cherries, golden raisins, and toasted pecans, spiked with brandy and warm spices. All the holiday flavor, none of the doorstop.

Homemade Jos Louis cakes (gateaux Jos Louis): French Canadian chocolate sandwich cakes with fluffy marshmallow-style vanilla filling and a rich chocolate icing coat. A Quebec childhood classic.

Very tasty and you can definitely notice the great flavor from all these spices.

Dark zucchini bread made with brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. Deeply spiced and extra moist from three cups of grated zucchini.

Creamy cottage cheese and brown sugar fold into tender muffin batter for a protein-packed breakfast that bakes up moist and lightly sweet in 20 minutes. No mixer required.

Heritage-style yeast-risen buckwheat cakes made with an overnight batter and a touch of baking soda. A pioneer-era breakfast griddle cake with deep, earthy flavor.

Moist spice cake loaded with four cups of chopped apples, raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg, baked in a sugar-dusted pan until the fruit turns tender and sweet.

Prince of Wales Cake is a classic Canadian two-layer cake with a spiced dark layer made with molasses, raisins, and sour milk paired with a light white cake. Finish with caramel or almond icing.

Godiva ultimate chocolate layer cake: three buttermilk cocoa layers brushed with Godiva chocolate liqueur and stacked with a cocoa-liqueur buttercream. Boozy, deep, unapologetically chocolate.